With the arrest of six persons, Chhattisgarh Police on Monday claimed to solved 41 theft cases of last few years in locked houses and residential areas in Durg city.
Speaking to The Pioneer, Durg Senior Superintendent of Police Badri Narayan Meena identified them the six as Anwar Khan and Raju Soni alias Omkar, both 53, Somchand Soni and Jitendra Pawar, both 48, Sagar Sen, 32, and Dwarika Das Manikpuri, 30.
Khan hails from Durg, Sen is from Balod, Manikpuri is a resident of Rajnandgaon and the remaining three are from Bilaspur district.
One of the complainants, Gautam Bhattacharya, lodged a theft case in December last year.
Based on CCTV footage, the police identified the thieves. They were traced to a rented house at Shyam Nagar locality in Risali.
The accused confessed their involvement in the crime.
They told the police they have stolen gold and silver ornaments and cash from 41 locked houses in Newai, Padmanabhpur and Pulgaon areas including Bhattacharya’s house in the last three to four years.
Police recovered 1.3 kg gold ornaments, 7 kg silver ornaments, Rs 1 lakh in cash, a mobile phone and a motorcycle from them.