88 theft cases solved, 181 thieves arrested in Samba: SSP Benam Tosh

Samba, 15 January 2024: Samba Police has busted a gang of thieves and arrested 3 notorious thieves including kingpin, seized vehicle used for committing thefts and recovered stolen items worth rupees 90000.00 approximately in the jurisdiction of police station Ghagwal.

The arrested thieves have been identified as Omkar Bhagat alias Gushu s/o Raj Kumar and Roop Lal alias Roopa s/o Bodh Raj both r/o Hamirpur, tehsil Marheen, district Kathua and Sourav Sharma alias Kalu s/o Ram Krishan r/o Sandi tehsil Ghagwal, district Samba.

Omkar Bhagat alias Gushu was the kingpin of the gang of notorious thieves involved in series of thefts in Samba district during midnight hours whereas the other thieves used to commit thefts at the instance of kingpin ‘’Gushu’’.

The accused have been arrested in case FIR No. 04/2024 u/s 379 IPC PS Ghagwal and case FIR No. 01/2024 u/s 454/380 IPC PS Ghagwal. Further investigation is underway and Police raids are on to arrest all the thieves involved in the notorious gang.

SSP Samba Benam Tosh said that record one 181 thieves have been arrested and 88 theft cases have been solved by Samba Police in short span of time and police is achieving major successes one after the other in ongoing intensive drive against thieves in Samba district.