Palghar jewellery theft case: Two arrested from Thane

The Police have cracked a major Jewellery theft case case and arrested two people from Maharashtra`s Thane district, an official said, reported the PTI.

Jewellery worth Rs 33 lakh was stolen from a house at Virar in Maharashtra`s Palghar district, an official said on Tuesday.

According to the PTI, the accused identified as Sonu Sheikh (43) and Motilal Soni, were arrested from Thane city, deputy commissioner of police, Virar (zone-III) Jayant Bajbale said, adding stolen jewellery worth Rs 27.65 lakh was recovered from their possession.

Thieves had entered the house at Dongarpada in Virar during the intervening night of April 24- 25, and made way with 470 gm of jewellery worth Rs 33 lakh when the family members were away. The Virar police had registered an FIR under sections 380 (theft), 454 (house breaking) and 457 (tress-passing to commit offence) of the Indian Penal Code on the basis of a complaint, as per the PTI.

Working on various leads, including CCTV footage, technical and intelligence inputs, the probe team zeroed in on the main accused, Sheikh, said senior police inspector Vijay Pawar.

After getting a tip-off that the accused was staying in the Vasant Vihar locality, police laid a trap on April 27 and nabbed him from Manpada.

During interrogation, he told the police he had sold the stolen ornaments to one Motilal Soni, who sits outside jewellers` shops and deals with old and imitation jewellery. Police traced Soni and arrested him the same day, said the official.

The police said the main accused Sheikh was a habitual offender and facing a number of criminal cases at various police stations in Mumbai and Thane.

Two persons arrested for killing friend after dispute in Thane

Meanwhile, in an another incident, the Bhiwandi Police in Maharashtra`s Thane district have arrested two persons for killing their friend following a dispute in Thane district, an official said on Tuesday, reported the PTI.

According to the news agency, on Monday at around 10.30 am, the body of the victim, identified as Aklesh Jaysingh Chouhan (36), resident of Goregaon in neighbouring Mumbai, was found in a forest on the Bhiwandi-Kalyan road in Thane.

The police rushed to he spot after being alerted by passers-by and shifted the body to a government hospital for post-mortem, Shanti Nagar police inspector Atul Adurkar told PTI.

The official said the victim`s head was found smashed with a stone.

(with PTI inputs)