The accused and recovered items are in the custody of the police.
Police Station-39 has arrested three accused who committed theft in Vivek Departmental Store located in Sector-39 D, Chandigarh. The accused have been identified as Suraj Prakash, Rahul and Shahabuddin Ansari, residents of Sector-56. the police came
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action on secret information
Sub-Inspector Ravinder had received information that the accused involved in theft were roaming near Sector-39. After this, the police team led by him started checking the area and detained two suspects. During interrogation, he confessed to the theft and told that he had stolen the stolen goods from a store in Sector-39 D.
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had sold the goods to the shopkeeper
The accused revealed that they had sold the stolen goods to Shahabuddin, a shopkeeper located in Sector-39. The police also arrested Shahabuddin and recovered the stolen goods. The store owner had stated in his complaint that Rs 40 in cash had also gone missing during the theft. The police have not yet recovered the cash and the interrogation of the accused is ongoing.
Criminal records being scrutinized
Police are trying to find out how many times the accused have committed theft incidents before. Besides, the shopkeeper is also being interrogated as to how many times he has bought stolen goods in the past.