Pune Crime: Three Held In Shirur Housebreaking Case, Gold & Silver Jewellery Worth ₹18.5 Lakh Recovered
Pune: The Local Crime Branch (LCB), Pune Rural, along with Saswad and Shirur police, arrested three men in connection with a housebreaking theft case in Shirur. Police recovered stolen property worth ₹18.5 lakh at market value, including 121 grams of gold jewellery and 200 grams of silver jewellery. The arrests were made on Aug 15 after a joint team traced the suspects to the Lasurne area under…
Pune police, in collaboration with Saswad and Shirur police forces, have apprehended three individuals in connection with a housebreaking incident in Shirur. The suspects, Suraj Bhima Nimbalkar, Shankar Tayappa Ghorpade, and Sangam Lala Shinde, were arrested on August 15 after a joint investigation traced them to the Lasurne area.
The trio has been charged with stealing property worth ₹18.5 lakh, including 121 grams of gold and 200 grams of silver jewelry. The thefts occurred on July 12, when unidentified perpetrators broke into a BSNL office in State Bank Colony, Shirur, and stole frame motherboards and printed circuit boards. They also broke into a house in Wada Colony, Shirur, and stole gold and silver jewelry.
A case was registered at Shirur Police Station under Crime Register No. 649/2026, invoking Sections 305, 331(3) and 331(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). The investigation involved analyzing CCTV footage, interrogating witnesses, and collecting the suspects' information from confidential informants. All three suspects have confessed to their involvement in the Shirur housebreaking case and are currently in police custody.
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