Police arrested five persons in connection with a burglary under the Kantabanji police station on June 18 night and recovered various stolen goods. The recoveries included gold coins and chains, rings and other ornaments worth Rs 26.30 lakh, informed Balangir SP Ashis Singh at a Press conference here on Wednesday.
The arrestees were identified as Firoz Khan, Karan Patra, Ibrara Khan, Mahesh Tandi and Wasim Raja of Raipur in Chhattisgarh.
On the intervening night of June 18, the accused had entered into the house of one Sanjay Agarwal in Kantabanji town, and taking advantage of absence of the house owner they committed the burglary.
They tried to break an iron chest but failed and then transported it in an auto rickshaw to the outskirts of the town and shared the booty among them.
later, they went to Raipur to sell the stolen items, but since that day the market was closed, they failed to do so.
A police team comprising Additional SP Sashi Bhushan Satpathy, Titilagarh SDPO and Kantabanji PS IIC Jyotirmaya Bhukta followed the other leads and clues and nabbed the accused, informed the SP.