12 theft incidents solved, 5 burglars held in Rajouri’s Nowshera

RAJOURI, 9 June 2023: In a major success, Police in Sub-division Nowshera of District Rajouri has worked out twelve burglaries incidents / cases recovering stolen property and gold ornaments among others worth over 15 lakhs.

5 different complaints regarding burglaries were received at Nowshera police station and theft incidents were reported from villages of sub division including Bareri, Nonial, Chowki Handan and Nowshera Town PS Nowshera. Later one more such complaint was received from village Thandapani of police station Sundarbani. In all these incidents, it was found during investigation that burglaries were committed while the owners were either attending some marriage functions or were out due to their social or religious commitments.

The Investigation team did strenuous efforts and after connecting various technical leads zeroed upon one suspect namely Rajesh Kumar and interestingly while investigating these cases technical evidences regarding the suspect Rajesh Kumar’s involvement in previous burglaries reported at PS Nowshera came to fore.

Subsequently the suspect was picked by Police Team of PS Nowshera and put under sustained questioning during which he confessed his involvement in commission of different burglaries.

Upon his confessional disclosure recovery valuing around 10 Lakhs has been made by Police; solving 8 burglaries in Nowshera. Mentionable that Nowshera Police during the month May also worked out 2 burglaries committed on National Highway 144-A in village Lamberi wherein Stolen Properties of Groceries, Batteries among others valuing around 1 Lakh has been recovered upon confessional disclosure of 03 accused persons.

Moreover 02 Motor Vehicle Theft Cases too have been solved with recoveries valuing around 4 Lakhs and arrest of additional 2 accused persons. District Police Rajouri detained one notorious offender Mohd Ashraf Khan R/O Kakora Tehsil Manjakote A/P Nerojal Tehsil Thanamandi District Rajouri under Public Safety Act in District Jail Dhangri Rajouri under the Order of District Magistrate Rajouri.