Raipur: The person who stole from a medical shop has been arrested. Premanshu Dey had lodged a report that after running his medical shop as usual, he locked the shop at around 10:30 pm and went home. On 16.07.2024, at around 08:00 am, when he came to the shop, he found that the lock on the shutter of the shop was broken, the wire of the camera inside the shop was cut, the cash kept in the cashbox of the shop, coins and 04 mobile phones worth about Rs 21,500/- has been stolen by some unknown person. On the report of the applicant, a crime was registered and investigation was taken up.
chhattisgarh news During the investigation, the statement of the applicant was taken after inspecting the spot of the incident. An informer was deployed to trace the accused. On the information of the informer, accused Abdul Azim was interrogated in police custody regarding the incident and a memorandum statement was taken, in which he confessed to the crime.
He told that the stolen cash was spent and out of 04 stolen mobile phones, 03 mobile phones were sold to a person found in a liquor distillery. He took out 01 mobile phone from his pocket and presented it and it was seized in front of witnesses. The accused was found to have committed the crime under Section Sadar and on 12.07.2024, the accused was arrested after informing him about the reason for arrest and his fundamental right to appoint a lawyer of his choice. The accused was informed about the arrest to his family and sent on judicial remand.
Name of the accused – Abdul Azim, father Abdul Hakim, age 18 years, resident – near Raja Talab Mosque, Police Station Civil Line Raipur
