Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, June 9: Police arrested three accused persons involved in theft and burglary cases and recovered stolen property worth lacs of rupees from their possession here today.
A Police spokesman said that Police Station Nowhatta received a written complaint from Manzoor Ahmad Wani, son of Ghulam Qadir, a resident of Batshah Mohalla Lalbazar stating that he parked his vehicle bearing number DL10CA/3854 opposite Rung-Hamam Nowhatta and pashmina shawls worth 3,50,000 rupees were kept inside the vehicle. After locking the car completely he proceeded to nearby Masjid for offering Asar prayers. The complaint further reads that on his return, he found Pashmina shawls missing from his vehicle.
He said in this regard, a case FIR No 20/2018 under section 379 RPC was registered in Police Station Nowhatta and investigation was started.
The spokesman further said that during the course of investigation, a police team led by SHO Nowhatta, Wasim Ahmad cracked the case within an hour by arresting the accused person identified as Ubaid Farooq Rather, a resident of Tibtian Colony, Eidgah Srinagar and recovered the stolen property from his possession. Further investigation of the case is going on. More arrests are expected in this case, spokesman said.
He said the investigation into another case FIR number 17/2018 under section 457, 380 RPC registered at Police Station Nowhatta led to the arrest of another burglar Amir Altaf Zargar, a resident of Bakur Alastang and gold worth one lakh rupees was recovered.
He further said that another burglary of case FIR No 21/2018 under section 457, 380 RPC was solved by police after it arrested the accused, identified as Basit Ahmad Bhat, a resident of Natipora at present Fateh Kadal Srinagar. Stolen items including LED, cash 40,000 & other articles were recovered from his possession.
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