Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 14: Gandhi Nagar Police today claimed to have solved a theft case by arresting an accused and recovering the theft amount to the tune of Rs 74, 500 from him.
A police spokesperson said that on the intervening night of 12th of this month, Rs 75000 was stolen from a video coach bus bearing registration No JK02AB-8199, which was standing at Ware House, Jammu. In the morning, the driver of the vehicle Ashok Kumar son of Janak Raj and resident of Majhua (Bishnah) when found the cash missing, registered a complaint at Police Station Gandhi Nagar.
He said acting on the complaint, a team led by SHO Gandhi Nagar, Manzoor Ahmed Kohli and Sub-Inspector, Mohd Iqbal Chagatta under the supervision of SP, Jammu, Uttam Chand and SDPO, Harjit Singh, interrogated one Pawan Kumar Gupta son of Ram Pyare, a resident of Ward No- 9 of Kathua, who admitted his crime.
Out of the total amount of Rs 75, 000, which was stolen by him, Rs 74, 500 have been recovered from the accused, he added.