5 days Ago By Daily Excelsior
Excelsior CorrespondentJAMMU, Apr 16: Jammu and Kashmir Police (JKP) have solved a purse snatching case at Jewel area within ten days by arresting two accused and recovered gold and silver items worth Rs 6 lakh.Giving details, a police official said, the incident was reported on April 6 when one Ishan Sodhi son of Bansi Lal of Tali Morh, New Plot, informed that his wife was waiting for a bus in the Jewel area when two unidentified youth approached her from behind and fled after snatching her purse.He said police teams were immediately constituted to trace the culprits using both technical and human intelligence.
“After developing leads, a raid was conducted at a suspected location and two suspects were detained. During sustained questioning, they confessed to the crime,” he added.The accused were identified as Farhan Ahmed Naik (19) of Gujjar Nagar, Jammu, and Samiullah Butt alias Abbu (18) of Doda, presently residing at Khatikan Talab, the police official said.
“On their disclosure, all the stolen items, including one gold set, one gents gold chain, two ladies chains, five ladies rings, one gents ring, one pair of ear tops, one silver bracelet, a mobile phone, and the ladies purse, were recovered,” he said, adding that a bike used in the crime has also been seized.The official further informed that a case FIR number 46/2025 under sections 307 and 3(5) of BNS was registered at Police Station Nowabad.The operation was carried out by SHO Nowabad, Inspector Deepak Pathania, PSI Irshad Ahmed, HC Jaipal Singh, HC Faqar Din, and Selection grade Constable Anil Kumar under the supervision of DySP Farha Nishat and SP City North Vivek Shekhar.
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