The Town police on Saturday claimed to have solved the district Reserve Police Armoury theft case by arresting a Constable and recovering all the stolen articles.
The Constable was identified as Gulshan Kiro. He has been placed under suspension while disciplinary proceedings would be initiated against another officials if found guilty.
Briefing mediapersons, Sundargarh district SP Soumya Mishra said, “Case no 256 was registered by Town PS on November 26 under Section 380 IPC. The FIR was filed as magazines and several rounds of ammunition were found missing. Investigation revealed that one policeman was involved in the case. All the four magazines and 60 rounds have been recovered. Investigation is still on.”
“We’ll be exploring all the angles to determine the motive behind the crime while the constable has been arrested and placed under suspension, said Mishra.
“We are trying to determine the lapse in this case. If negligence is found by the officials in charge of the armoury, departmental proceedings would also be initiated against them. The recovery of the stolen bullets has been made from a spot near the Reserve Police Line,” informed the SP