Jammu & Kashmir Police in Rajouri district claimed to have solved a major burglary case that occurred in Maal Khaana (seizure room) of district court complex by arresting two accused involved in the act and recovered stolen property worth crores.

Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Rajouri, Amritpal Singh while addressing a news conference held at conference hall of police lines Rajouri, said that in the intervening night of 3rd and 4th April 2023, a theft incident took place inside the Maal Khana of court complex Rajouri in which various items were stolen.

In this regard, police said that a case under FIR number 143/2023 under sections 457/380 IPC was registered at Police Station Rajouri and subsequent to this, special teams were constituted, which analysed CCTV footages at various locations along with technical evidence.

SSP further said that building upon this, a few suspects were rounded up and the accused were identified as Mohammad Showket son of Chowdhary Mir Mohammad resident of Khadi Karmara in Poonch and Mohd Taj son of Mohd Aslam resident of Hayyatpura in Manjakote Rajouri.

“Both the accused confessed their involvement in the case and on the disclosure of Mohd Showket son of Mir Mohammad, Police team has recovered the stolen property which included four packets of Heroine like substance weighing approx four kilograms and valued in crores, one lakh cash in fake India Currency Notes and one mobile phone,” SSP Rajouri Amritpal Singh said.

He added that further investigation in the case is going on to unearth involvement of the accused in other theft cases in the district.

SSP Rajouri Amritpal Singh further stated that accused Mohammad Shoket is a notorious criminal, who was involved in some unlawful acts in past also and is also an absconder from Poonch while a warrant under 512 CrPC already stand issued against him.