The crime branch of Chandigarh police have arrested another member of the burglar’s gang who had challenged the UT police by leaving behind a note, after committing burglary in a house at Sector 23. Three members of the gang in the case were arrested on Saturday.
The arrested person has been identified as Sat Prakash Singh. He was arrested after police received vital information by interrogating his three accomplices named, Rakesh Kumar, alias lucky, Tilak Raj, alias Monty and Vikas Kumar, alias Vicky, said Jagbir Singh, DSP, crime branch. On February 24, they burgled the house of a Government employee in Sector-23. The thieves fled with gold worth Rs8 lakh from the house of the victim and left a written note behind challenging the UT police to arrest them. During interrogations the gang members disclosed that they used to commit burglary in two steps. lucky, Monty and Vicky used to steal jewellery and other valuables from the residents. After the burglary, Sat Parkash, a resident of Sector 20, disposed of the stolen articles and valuables. He used to sell it to the jeweller and distribute the cash among his accomplices. Sources in the crime branch said that, Sat Parkash worked as an artisan at a jewellery showroom in Sector 20. Police have recovered stolen articles and jewellery, from the gang which has not been valued yet.