Anti-burglary unit solves three major cases within a month
Kolkata: The anti-burglary section of Kolkata Police's Detective Department solved three major burglarycases within a span of one month. The sleuths not only nabbed the criminals but also recovered around Rs 50 lakh of stolen money.
According to a source in the detective department, the first case was registered in the last week of May at Posta police station against a person named Babulal Parekh, who had committed criminal breach of trust and duped his employer. He had fled away
with Rs 34 lakh.
Babulal, who was a resident of Rajasthan, had kept his cell phone switched off, which made it difficult for the sleuths to track his movement. The police used modern technology, tracked his bank accounts and finally managed to arrest him from Indore.
A major chunk of the stolen money was also recovered.
The second case was registered under Shakespeare Sarani Police station by one Sandeep Agarwal, a resident of Middleton Road.
Around Rs 16 lakh was stolen from his house.
The prime suspect was carpenter Murshed Ali, who was working at Agarwal's residence.
Police raided his probable hideouts in Panskura and Barasat but on both the occasions he managed to elude them.
The sleuths questioned his friends and relatives and learnt that Murshed was an alcoholic and regularly visited bars. Police identified a handful of bars in the city and laid a trap and ultimately nabbed him. They also recovered much of the stolen cash.
The third case was the cracking of a theft case of Rs 9 lakh from an office under Jorasanko Police Station area.
Soon, after investigations revealed the involvement of an insider in the job,
police started interrogating the employees and matched their call records with their statement.
One of the employees, Biswajit Pathak, after prolonged interrogation, finally broke down and confessed his crime. The amount was recovered from him.
It may be mentioned that in all these cases the anti burglary team was led by the officer in charge of the squad
Chitradeep Pande.
