CURATED BY – SUNIL YADAV | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Katni, Taking immediate action in the case of theft in an empty house in Katni district, a few hours after the theft incident came to light, an accused was arrested and the stolen goods were recovered. In the said case, an accused had absconded, whom the Kuthla police have succeeded in arresting. Some stolen goods have also been recovered from the arrested accused.

Kuthla police station in-charge Abhishek Choubey said that on November 24, a report was lodged by Laalta Prasad Yadav, resident of Indranagar police station Kuthla behind Sai temple, that on November 19, 2024, he had gone to his native village Vinayaka after his father passed away. On the morning of 25 November 2024, the people of the locality called and informed him about the house being open and theft. When he came home, he saw that the lock of the door was broken and the lock of the bed box kept inside the house was broken, in which an unknown thief had stolen a mobile Technaspark, mobile and gold and silver jewellery worth Rs 1 lakh 90 thousand. On the report, Kuthla police station registered a case and took it into investigation. Kuthla police formed a team and within 24 hours of the theft, arrested a thief named Suraj Singh alias Rinku Gond alias Panni, who was interrogated. He told that he had committed the theft by entering the empty house along with his another partner Bablu alias Babla Kewat, son of Indrabhan Kewat. He told that some of the stolen goods were kept on the side of the railway line. Which was seized and the accused Suraj Singh alias Rinku Gond alias Panni was arrested and presented in the honorable court. He was sent to jail by the order of the honorable court. Separate teams were constituted to search for the other accused in the case and the stolen goods. Another accused in the case, Bablu alias Babla Nishad, resident of Aadharkap Machhalia Dera, Police Station NKJ, was caught after a lot of hard work. Upon interrogation, he confessed to committing the theft along with his partner Rinku Panni, and told that he had hidden the stolen goods behind his sister's house in Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. Which were recovered after going to Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. Accused Bablu alias Babla Nishad, son of Indrabhan Nishad, resident of Aadharkap Machhalia Dera, Police Station NKJ, was produced before the Honorable Court and he has been sent to jail by the Honorable Court.