Srinagar: Police on Saturday said that it has busted a gang of burglars and recovered stolen property worth lacs in Ganderbal besides arresting three accused involved in the commission of crime.
In a statement issued from Zonal Police Headquarters Srinagar police said that on 22nd March this year Police Station Gund received a written complaint from one Tajamul Hussain, owner of Hung Park Restaurant, who alleged therein that during night intervening 21 and 22 March some unknown persons broke open the locks and barged into his restaurant, and sole valuable items including Generator, Two Inverter Units, Transformer, Coffee Machine, Griller/Toaster, Gas Stove, Gas Cylinders, Utensils, Electric Cables and damaged CCTV Cameras and other items.
Stating that a case under FIR No.11/2024, under relevant sections of law was registered at Police Station Gund and investigation was entrusted to a Special Police team under the supervision of SDPO Kangan Muzaffar Jan, the Police in it’s statement further said that after strenuous efforts and by taking the technical support, the Special Police team of Police Station Gund led by SHO Police Station Gund zeroed in on few suspects and started to hunt them. Police in its statement furthermore said that one Irshad Ahmad Kalwatho S/o Ab Rashid Kalwatho R/o Naninara, Sumbal was apprehended and during sustained questioning, he admitted to have committed the crime and also disclosed the identity of the other accomplice accused persons Feroze Ahmad Kalwatho S/o Farooq Ahmad Kalwatho and Mohd Saleem Kalu @Jana S/o Abdul Khaliq Kalu, both residents of Naninara, Sumbal, who were subsequently arrested.
Stating that on the disclosure of the said accused the stolen property worth lacs were recovered from different spots at Naninara, Sumbal, the Police in its statement said that during further questioning, additional stolen property was recovered which unveiled the non-reported theft cases in the JD by this notorious gang, adding therein that a Tata Mobile bearing registration number JK01M-6083 used in the commission of crime was also seized.Police in it’s statement further said that initiated further investigation into the case and more arrests and recovery of stolen property are expected. In the concluding para of its above quoted statement Police said that people of the area have hailed the swift action taken by it in nabbing the burglars.