Police busts gang of burglars in Shopian, stolen property recovered
Srinagar: Police in Shopian busted a gang of burglars by arresting six accused persons involved in about four burglary cases. Police also said that stolen property worth lakhs has been recovered from their possession.
Police received various complaints regarding burglary in Shopian areas and a SIT was constituted to crack these burglary cases, a police spokesman said.
During the course of investigation, the team used technical and human resources through which names of some suspects came to surface. One among them was Waseem Ahmad Wani son of Abdul Aziz Wani resident of Ganowpora, who in order to evade arrest had left his home and was changing his location frequently.
However, Special investigation team acting on specific input, arrested the suspect and after thorough questioning, he confessed his involvement along with other accomplice identified as Nazir Ahmad Malik son of Abdul Rasheed Malik resident of Thairna Keller, Ishfaq Majeed Wani @Isha Dabba son of Abdul Majeed Wani resident of Mughalpora Pulwama, Jamsheed Ahmad Dar son of Mohammad Sikander Dar resident of Keegam, Mukhtar Ahmad Sheikh son of Ghulam Rasool Sheikh resident of Argi Check Rajpora Pulwama and Riyaz Ahmad Wani @Raja son of late Mohammad Akbar Wani resident of Loswani Pulwama in the commission of crime, the spokesman added.
Accordingly, all the accused were arrested and property worth 08 lakhs approximately including Gold Jewellery, Copper Utensils, Tiller, Motorcycle, Spray Motor, Geyser and Batteries were recovered from their possession.
Moreover, accused identified as Nazir Ahmad Malik and Jamsheed Ahmad Dar also disclosed that they committed a burglary in year 2020 regarding which case FIR No 359/2020 stands registered in PS Shopian, the spokesman added.
The investigation is still going on, he added.
