Jewellery heist solved within 24 hours; 5 arrested
Gorakhpur police
on Wednesday solved a
Rs 25 lakh jewellery
heist near Basantpur under the Rajghat police station limits within 24 hours of the crime with the arrest of five people.SP city Abhinav Tyagi and CO (Kotwali) Omkar Dutt Tiwari said that the arrested accused—identified as Karan Chaudhary (son of Bablu Chaudhary), Sarfaraz Alam (son of Shaukat Ali), Aditya Sharma (son of Ashwani Sharma), Anuj Sharma (son of late Radhe Sharma), and Rajat Kumar (son of Amarnath)—are all residents of the Kotwali area.
The stolen bag containing gold and diamond jewellery worth Rs 25 lakh was recovered from their possession.None of the arrested youth, aged between 20 and 25, have any prior criminal records. "The lure of quick money is pushing youngsters toward serious crimes like robbery. This is a worrying trend," said SSP Tyagi.Police are still on the lookout for one more accused involved in the case. Rajghat SHO Sadanand Sinha confirmed the successful recovery of the looted jewellery.TNN
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