Adhartal police have solved four house break-in cases and arrested two accused, recovering gold and silver jewellery worth around Rs 7 lakh. The accused broke into four houses in different areas under Adhartal police station and stole jewellery and cash. The arrested accused have been identified as Sandeep Deep Ghasia (25), a resident of Ghasia Colony, Thakkar Gram, Adhartal and Chintu alias Anoop Kumar (30), native of Bhilai Power House in Durg district of Chhattisgarh, who currently resides in Ghasia Colony, Adhartal. Both were arrested and sent to judicial custody after being produced before a court. According to Adhartal police, the burglaries took place between June and October 2026. The complainants included Ankur Tiwari, a senior associate at State Bank of India’s Adhartal branch, Uma Yadav, who runs a tea and snacks shop in the Richhai industrial area, retired Army Base Workshop employee Shivbahadur Singh and Surendra Kumar Yadav, a resident of Pushpak Nagar.

 

The thieves broke locks and entered the houses while the occupants were away. They stole gold and silver ornaments, cash, watches, mobile phones and other valuables. Separate cases were registered under Sections 331(4) and 305 of BNS. Investigating the cases, police examined CCTV footage from areas surrounding the crime scenes and developed leads based on the suspects' appearance. The accused were subsequently apprehended in Maharajpur, Adhartal and confessed to committing all four thefts.

 

Following the accused's disclosures, police recovered two gold rings, a nose ring, a gold forehead ornament weighing around 25 grams, a silver waist ornament, six silver bangles, six pairs of anklets, eight silver coins, a locket, three religious canopies, an idol, an anklet for a child, nine toe rings and five bel leaves made of metal, along with other valuables. The recovered silver articles weighed around 1.5 kg. Police said the accused had concealed the stolen jewellery at their residences and spent the stolen cash. The arrests and recovery were carried out by a team comprising police station in-charge Vipin Tamrakar, Sub-Inspector Anil Gaur, Assistant Sub-Inspector Surendra Badgaiya and other personnel.