A youth, who had been arrested by the Delhi police on theft charge, escaped from police custody from the railway station here on Saturday.
The accused identified as Karunakar Das, a native of Raghunathpur village, gave the cops a slip while he was being taken to Delhi. Das is accused of stealing diamond and silver jewelleries worth over Rs 10 lakh from his employer’s house in Delhi. Das was working as a domestic help in the house of a businessman Ravindra Kumar Khari at Adarsh Nagar area in New Delhi.
He allegedly stole diamond and silver ornaments worth more than Rs. 10 lakh from the businessman’s residence on June 4 and went missing. Suspecting the domestic help’s absence at house, Khari lodged an FIR against the youth at the Adarsh Nagar police station.
Based on the complaint, a three-member team of Delhi police visited the State and with help of the Soro police they arrested Das on Saturday.
During interrogation, the accused had confessed to the crime and said he had sold the stolen items in Cuttack.