Excelsior Correspondent
RAJOURI, Dec 11: Sunderbani Police arrested two persons including a Government employee for theft attempt in bank and burning of a saw mill.
As per police sources, the incident took place during the intervening night of Thursday and Friday when a saw mill caught fire and got damaged under mysterious condition and later it came to fore during spot examination that theft was attempted in Canara Bank and this saw mill was located adjacent to bank and unknown accused had broken the wall of the bank and with criminal intention entered into it with attempt to loot the cash and they also set ablaze the saw mill.
Taking cognizance of the matter and on the basis of written complaint, a case FIR Number 103/2021 under Sections 457, 380, 436 and 511 IPC was registered in Sunderbani Police Station and Superintendent of Police Rajouri Sheema Nabi Qasba constituted a team headed by Station House Officer (SHO) Sunderbani Inspector Shiv Dev Singh under supervision of Sub Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Nowshera and overall supervision of Additional SP Nowshera.
Setting investigation into motion soon after registering the FIR, the police team gathered some technical and human inputs and zeroed on two suspects and detained both of them.
Both of them during sustained interrogation and questioning confessed to this crime of house break, attempting robbery in Canara Bank besides setting ablaze the wood saw mill.
The accused were identified as Jal Shakti Department employee Pushpinder Sharma, son of late Rattan Lal, a resident of Gag village of Sunderbani and Ankit Sudan, son of Madan Lal, a resident of Thandapani Sunderbani.
Both these accused have been arrested and further investigation into the case is going on.
The weapons of offence used by the criminals to break the wall of bank have also been recovered on their confession.
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