SAMBA POLICE ACHIEVED MAJOR SUCCESS, ARRESTED 8 NOTORIOUS THIEVES

128 THIEVES ARRESTED, 65 THEFT CASES SOLVED IN EIGHT MONTHS : SSP SAMBA BENAM TOSH

Samba, September 10 : Under the professional guidance of Senior Superintendent of Police Samba Benam Tosh, Police has achieved major success, arrested eight notorious thieves, solved three theft cases and recovered stolen property valuing over Rs. 6 lacs approximately.

The arrested accused have been identified as Sanjeev Kumar alias Sanju alias Sandeep s/o Sulvinder Massih r/o Vijaypur tehsil Vijaypur district Samba, Abinash Kumar alias Suraj s/o Satpal r/o Vijaypur tehsil Vijaypur district Samba, Shiva Kumar s/o Radhe Shayam r/o Vijaypur tehsil Vijaypur district Samba, Harsh s/o Pammi r/o Vijaypur tehsil Vijaypur district Samba, Rahul Chopra s/o Bachan Lal r/o Vijaypur tehsil Vijaypur district Samba, Sunil Kumar s/o Om Parkash r/o Kadhal tehsil Bari Brahmana district Samba, Mohd Sher Khan s/o Mohd Hanief r/o Phlian Mandal tehsil Satwari district Jammu and Sher Ali s/o Mohd Sadiq r/o Dhama tehsil Majalta district Udhampur.

Of the eight notorious thieves, seven have been arrested by Police team of PS Vijaypur headed by SHO Police Station Vijaypur Sandeep Charak solving two theft cases registered at Police Station Vijaypur case FIR No.126/2023 u/s 379 IPC and case FIR No.122/2023 u/s 379 IPC, while one notorious thief namely Sunil Kumar has been arrested by Police team of PS Bari Brahmana headed by SHO Police Station Bari Brahmana Sumit Sharma solving one theft case FIR No.218/2023 U/S 454/380 IPC PS Bari Brahmana. Investigation of the cases is being supervised by SDPO Vijaypur Rohit Kumar, SDPO Bari Brahmana Rahul Nagar and Additional SP Samba Surinder Choudhary.

The arrested accused are notorious thieves involved in several thefts in the jurisdiction of Police Station Vijaypur and Bari Brahmana.

One vehicle Mahindra Bolera Pickup valuing over Rs. 5,00,000.00 approx, one motorcycle valuing over Rs. 78,000.00 approx & sanitary items worth Rs. 22,000.00 approx are among the recoveries made from the arrested notorious thieves so far. The interrogation of the accused is underway.

Senior Superintendent of Police Samba Benam Tosh said that after launching intensive drive against thieves in Samba district, 128 thieves have been arrested and 65 theft cases solved by Samba Police in eight months and Police are making all out bids to apprehend all notorious thieves involved in theft cases in the district.