Thieves’ gang busted, jeweller among 4 held

Panchkula, July 18

The Sector 26 crime branch of the Panchkula police has busted a gang of thieves with the arrest of four persons, including a jeweller and a woman. The police claimed to have solved around 35 cases of house theft in the district with their arrest.

Those arrested have been identified as Sagar (32) and Bhola (32), who live in Bangla Basti near Shahzadpur in Ambala, and Naresh (42) and Rajesha (45), residents of Karnal. The gang admitted to having committed thefts in the Raipur Rani, Chandimandir, Shehzadpur and Naraingarh areas, the police said.

“The suspects had stolen cash and gold and silver items to the tune of Rs23.72 lakh,” the police said.

However, the police have so far recovered just Rs9,000 and gold earrings weighing 3.4 gm from them.

The police said efforts were on to arrest other members of the gang. According to the police, Sagar and Bhola, two members of the gang, used to conduct a recce in villages during the day and break into houses at night and steal cash, gold and silver items.

The duo would later sell the stolen items to Naresh, a jeweller in Karnal, and other jewellers in Shahzadpur and Karnal through Rajesha, sister-in-law of Sagar,

They would distribute the money collected by selling jewellery among themselves.

Inspector Aman Kumar of the Sector 26 crime branch said alarmed by the increasing number of thefts in villages in the district, the police had asked sarpanches to deploy youths on patrolling during night and inform the police in case of witnessing a suspicious activity or person.

On July 14, Sagar had gone to commit a theft at Mauli village where local residents alerted the police about his presence.

The police arrested him from the spot. During interrogation, he revealed the involvement of other suspects in the thefts. Based on information provided by him, the police arrested the other suspects.

Had invested in real estate

The police said the suspects revealed they had also invested in real estate and their properties would be sealed. — TNS