The Central Crime Branch on Sunday arrested three youths and seized stolen ornaments worth Rs50,000 from their possession. The accused have also confessed of stealing cash Rs1 lakh from English Wine shop situated in Khamtarai, police said.
According to police the accused have been identified as Chhabiram alias Chhabi (19) resident of Simga Baloda Bazaar, Pawan Kumar (25) and Doordarshi (27) both residents of Kharora police station Raipur. “They were rounded up from Telghani Naka Chowk on a tip-off while they were trying to find buyer for the stolen ornaments,” said CCB official.
The accused during interrogation confessed that they had broken into a vacant house at Shivanand Nagar few days back from where they made away with gold-silver ornaments, police said. The accused told police that they had also stolen cash Rs 1 lakh from English Wine shop near Khamtarai over bridge few days back.
Police have booked all three under Section 41(1+4) of CrPC and Sections 457, 453 and 380 of Indian Penal Code (IPC). later the trio was presented in a local court that sent them to jail on
judicial remand.