House theft case solved, Rs 8L recovered

Ludhiana, February 18

The police claims to have cracked a house theft case reported from Meharban on February 13. The suspect has been identified as Raju, alias Bramanand of Uttar Pradesh.

While addressing a press conference, the Joint Commissioner of Police (JCP), Rural, Sachin Gupta said, “The police have recovered Rs8.07 lakh cash from the suspect.”

Kewal Kumar of Kakka village had lodged a complaint against his servant Raju after he decamped with cash and valuables worth lakhs from his house, the JCP added.

Kewal went to market along with his family and on returning home, they found their servant missing, the JCP said. On checking, cash and valuables were also found missing, the JCP added. Today, a tip-off was received about suspect’s whereabouts in Ludhiana and he was nabbed after conducting raid, the JCP added. — TNS