Durg. The police had arrested a thief who used to commit big thefts alone. The accused used to go out on foot at night. Whatever house he found empty or closed on the way, he would enter there and commit theft. The police arrested the accused and seized gold and silver jewelery worth about Rs 5 lakh from him. According to the information received from the Mohan Nagar police, a year ago a big theft took place in an empty house in Scindia Nagar. The police was engaged in solving that case.
Meanwhile, on Thursday, he got information from the informer that Pitambar Rao, a resident of Deepak Nagar, was looking for a customer to sell gold and silver jewellery. He has a lot of jewellery. The police reached Malviya Nagar according to the appearance and address given by the informer and laid siege and arrested Pitambar. At first Pitambar tried to mislead the police, but when strictly questioned, he confessed to his crime. He told that he confessed to theft in Scindia Nagar a year back. The accused told that he used to go out on foot at night. If he finds an empty house on the way, he enters it to steal. When he went to Scindia Nagar’s house too, he entered through the back door. Some people were sleeping inside. After that he crossed the jewelery worth lakhs kept in the cupboard.
According to the police, the accused has so far committed many thefts. He has also gone to jail for theft. He is being questioned about other thefts. The police seized jewelery worth Rs 4.5 lakh from the accused.
