Jammu and Kashmir Police on Friday busted a gang o burglars by arresting three persons in North Kashmir’s Sopore area and recovered stolen property worth lacs from their possession.
A Police spokesperson said, “On 11 April 2023 Police Post Warpora received an application from one Wajhatul Islam S/O Ab Hameed Hajam R/O Botingoo Sopore alleging therein that during the intervening night of 10/11 April 2023, some unknown burglars have entered in to his sports shop situated at Kadlabal Botingoo, and have stolen Sports items worth lacs.
“Upon this, case FIR No. 61/2023 U/S 457, 380 IPC was registered in PS Sopore and investigation was taken up.During the investigation manhunt was launched to nab the culprits, various places were raided and suspects were taken to custody”, he said.
The spokesperson said that during sustainable interrogation three persons namely Shoib Bhat S/O Muhammad Mohammad Sultan Bhat, Rameez Ahmad Rather S/O Mohammad Ashraf Rather and Nayeem Ahmad Najar S/O Gh Ahmad Najar all the residents of Usmanabad Warpora Sopore confessed the commission of crime and on their disclosure stolen property (Sports items including Cricket kits and Bats) were recovered from different locations and the load carrier bearing registration number PB10FV4078 which was used in the commission of crime has also been seized, further investigation of the case is still going on.
