Durg. The police have arrested three accused on charges of theft in an empty house in Durg. After searching about 100 CCTV footage, the police were able to reach the accused. Gold and silver jewellery, scooty and other items have been seized by the police from the accused. These thieves used to commit theft by breaking into empty houses in Bhilai Amleshwar police station area. After receiving complaints continuously, the police arrested the accused in some 6 cases. He used to steal while doing Reiki by roaming around on his scooty. The police formed a team to nab the accused. The team started scanning more than 100 CCTV footages to nab the thieves. Examined thoroughly.
While scanning the CCTV footage, the police found a suspect at the scene of the incident, who after the incident was going in a scooty from the scene of the incident via Pachpedi Naka towards Mana Raipur. With the help of further CCTV footage, the police traced the accused. The accused appeared till Dhamtari Road. After questioning the local people, the suspect was identified as Surendra Vishwakarma. The team laid siege and arrested the accused Surendra. During the initial interrogation, Surendra tried to mislead the police. However, after strict interrogation, the accused accepted his crime. The accused, along with his accomplice Jitendra Vishwakarma, used to carry out theft incidents in deserted houses in Wool-Land Colony for the last three months. He used to sell the stolen goods to Shivshankar Rai, a resident of Laxmi Nagar, Raipur.
A total of three accused have also been arrested by the police in the case. The police have seized gold and silver jewellery, scooty, iron rod and cash from the accused. All the accused are being interrogated in other cases.
