Police crack 1-yr-old theft case, recover gold worth Rs 21 lakh
   Date :18-Nov-2020

DCP Nurool Hasan_1 &
 DCP Nurool Hasan, PI Mahesh Chavan and others with
recovered gold ornaments and arrested accused.
 
 
Staff Reporter :
 
With arrest of prime accused and recovery of stolen gold ornaments worth Rs 21 lakh, Bajaj Nagar police on Tuesday claimed to have solved a burglary case. A police official said that house of Prof Yogesh Shende (37), a resident of Railway Colony, Rana Pratap Nagar, was burgled in August last year when Shende along with family members had gone to relative’s place.
 
The intruders had stolen gold ornaments weighing 455 grams and Rs 35,000 in cash, the police said. After registering an offence, the police started investigation and arrested Amol Mahadeo Raut (32), a resident of Butibori. But only cash of Rs 35,000/- was recovered from him. During interrogation, Raut told the police that his accomplices in the crime Shrikant Jeevan Nikhade (29), resident of Titur, Kuhi, had kept the jewellry with him. When the police failed to arrest Nikhade, they declared him absconding.
 
He was evading arrest for past one year. Acting on a tip-off that Nikhade is working as driver in Lakhandur town of Bhandara district, the police visited the place. Before the police could reach him, Nikhade managed to escape from the town. During the absconding period, Nikhade was continuously changing his mobile numbers so that the police could not trace his location. During their visit at Lakhandur, the police had activated some informers and asked them to inform the police whenever they received call from Nikhade. On Sunday, Nikhade made a phone call to an informer who promptly alerted the police.
 
The cops immediately swung into action and arrested Nikhade from a Dhaba near Saoner where he was working as a labour. One more arrested Nikhade had kept the stolen gold with one Prakash Marotrao Panchbhai (45), a resident of Shegao Nagar, Bahadura. Panchbhai sold the gold to bullion trader Durgesh Keshavrao Surpatne (46), a resident of Besa. Panchbhai told Sarpatne that he wants to sell the gold because his father is a cancer patient.