Gang of burglars busted in Budgam, 7 accused arrested : Police

Budgam : Police on Saturday said that it has solved a burglary case by arresting seven accused persons involved in the commission of crime and recovering stolen property worth lakhs of rupees from them in central Kashmir’s Budgam district.
In a statement issued on Saturday Police Station Magam on Ist December this year received a complaint from one person namely Mansoor Ahmad Sheikh son of Ghulam Nabi Sheikh resident of Batpora Kanihama regarding burglary at his workshop ‘Mansoor Automobiles’ located at Agrikalan Magam and registered a case vide FIR No. 254/2021 under relevant sections of law in Police Station Magam after which a special team headed by SHO PS Magam was constituted to investigate the case.
Stating that during the course of investigation the special team zeroed in on some suspects and were called for questioning, police in it’s statement further said that during questioning, one of the suspects namely Imran Hassan Mir son of Manzoor Ahmad Mir resident of Kakarpora Mirgund Pattan confessed his involvement in the commission of crime.
Police in the above referred statement also said that the team also recovered stolen property from the premises of his residential house which he had concealed in a tin shed. “ The said accused also confessed the role of his two more accomplices who had hatched the criminal conspiracy and actively participated in the commission of crime and both the the accused persons identified as Yawar Abbas Malik son of Ashiq Hussain Malik resident of Lashkar Mohalla Nishat and Aijaz Ahmad Malla son of Ghulam Mohammad Malla resident of Dewar Parihaspora were subsequently arrested”, reads the police statement.
Stating that the investigating team also learnt about involvement of another accused person namely Syed Akther Shah son of Syed Mustafa Shah resident of Parihaspora Pattan & on his disclosure stolen property which he had concealed at his workshop near Shadipora Crossing was recovered, police in it’s statement furthermore said “following more leads, the investigating team arrested two more accomplices of this burglary gang identified as Pervaiz Ahmad Guroo son of Ab. Ahad Guroo resident of Narayan bagh Ganderbal and Irfan Hussain Sofi son of Muzafar Ahmed Sofi resident of Dabb Ganderbal & recovered stolen property which they had concealed at their workshop at Dub Ganderbal”.
Stating that the team arrested one more accused person identified as Zulfkar Ahmad Dar son of Gh. Hussain Dar resident of Chenabal Mirgund Pattan who was also part of the crime and had used his vehicle Maruti-800 bearing registration number PB10AG-9210 for the commission of crime, police in the above quoted statement said that the vehicle was also seized from Wushan Kangan Ganderbal.
Police in the concluding para of it’s statement said that all the accused persons have been shifted to Police Station where they remain in custody, adding therein that stolen property which include 32 Clutch Plates, 16 Axles, 28 bearings, 17 desk pads, 08 batteries & other accessories worth about ₹05 lakh rupees have been recovered so far and further investigation is in progress. Police in it’s statement also warned of strict action against those individuals found involved in any kind of criminal activity.