Samba, May 2 : Under the professional guidance of SSP Samba Benam Tosh, Police has achieved another success in intensive drive against thieves , arrested notorious snatcher "Paapu" among three thieves and solved two theft/ snatching cases.
Three arrested snatcher/thieves have been identified as Manzoor Ahmed nicknamed "Paapu" s/o Bashir Ahmed r/o Samba, Parshotam Lal nicknamed Shotu s/o Dev Raj r/o Samba and Subash Sharma s/o Tirjogi Sharma r/o Uttar Pradesh A/P Samba. Two cases : FIR No. 103/2023 u/s 382 IPC and case FIR No. 102/2023 u/s 379 IPC registered through PP SIDCO Samba at Police Station Samba have been solved and further investigation is in progress. Among these two solved cases, one theft case was registered on the official complaint of J&K Forest Department lodged by Range Officer. Stolen/ snatched items in both the cases have been recovered by Police.
Accused were arrested by Incharge PP SIDCO Samba PSI Deepika Jalotra under the supervision of SHO Samba Rajeshwar Singh, DySP Garu Ram Bhardwaj and Additional SP Samba Surinder Choudhary.
Senior Superintendent of Police Samba Benam Tosh said that total seventy four (74) thieves have been arrested in three & half months after launching intensive drive against thieves in Samba district and thirty nine ( 39 ) theft cases have been solved by Police.
