One arrested for burglary, Rs. 35 lakh cash seized

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Rourkela: The Rourkela Police arrested one Raju Reddy for burglary and seized from him the stolen property worth Rs. 35 lakh cash, a gold mangal sutra, a gold earring, a pass port of the accused, and one car bearing Reg. No.- OR14V-8176 which he had used for conveyance.

Raju Reddy alias Raju (24) of Thetani Store basti of Sector-16 was arrested by the police personnels, informed Rourkela SP Amitendra Nath Sinha.

Briefing to media persons at Chhend police station here today about the burglary, SP informed that on November 24, 2012, Rabindra Kumar Nayak, Vice Principal (Admin) of Kanak Manjari Institute of Pharmaceutical Science (KMIPS), Chhend had filed an FIR at Chhend PS that on the same day morning when they opened the office found the lock windows were broken along with inside office door and cash of Rs. 38.5 lakh cash was stolen from the office almirah. Basing on the report, the above referred case was registered and investigated into, Sinha added.

On January 18, 2013, a patrolling team spotted Reddy driving a car bearing Reg. No.- OR14V-8176 near Sector-15 Cheap type market here on the wee hours. Cash worth Rs. 2 lakh was found in the car, but Reddy could not give any satisfactory answer when cops questioned him on the source of the money, said the SP.

On further questioning, Reddy identified himself as the driver of Biswa Ranjan Pattnaik, the chairman of KMIPS. He also admitted to have stolen cash of Rs. 38.5 lakh from the institute office. “He then took us to a place where we found cash worth Rs. 33 lakh, a mangal sutra, a gold earring. A total of Rs. 35 lakh cash was seized from the accused, Sinha maintained.

On interrogation, the accused had planned to escape Raipur by hiring this car and on finding a well and safe accommodation there before caught by the police personnel. The rest money he had spent in buying the seized car, a gold mangal sutra and a pair gold earring for her partner, SP added.


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