Jammu and Kashmir Police on Sunday cracked a burglary case and vehicle theft by arresting accused in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district.
A Police spokesperson said, “On 12-01-2024 Police Station Magam received a written complaint from some shopkeepers of Magam Market that their shops had been burgled during the intervening night of 11th and 12th January 2024 and goods worth lakhs stolen. One Sumo vehicle was also stolen which was used by the accused to decamp with the other stolen goods.”
“On receipt of this information, case FIR No. 03/2024 under relevant sections of law was registered at Police Station Magam and investigation was taken up”, he said.
During the course of investigation, some suspects were rounded up and some leads were followed resulting in the arrest of the accused Himayat Hussain Mir S/O Mohd Hussain Mir R/O Yagipora Magam. During the analysis of CCTV footages, it was observed that the vehicle was taken towards Pattan-Sopore axis. Subsequently, teams were sent to various locations and the vehicle was traced near Hygam Sopore. Goods worth lakhs alongwith Sumo vehicle bearing Reg. No JK04-9558 have been recovered. The investigation of the case is going on and some more arrests and recoveries are expected.
Budgam police urges the public to install CCTV cameras as per directions of the District Magistrate.
