Rajouri December 26 :–Police here in Rajouri town have arrested a notorious thief recovering thirty two stolen Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinders from his possession.
Accused have been identified as Jawaid Maqbool son of Mohammad Maqbool resident of ward 8, Rajouri town.
Rajouri Police informed that a number of complaints were received in recent in weeks wherein complainants hailing from various areas in and near Rajouri town complained for theft of their domestic LPG cylinders.
A police team headed by SHO Rajouri Sameer Jillani under the supervision of DSP Headquarter, Vinod Sharma started investigation of these complaints during which name of a suspect surfaced who was detained for questioned.
Police added that the accused broke down during questioning and later thirty two stolen LPG cylinders were recovered from his possession.
A case in FIR 654/2020 under sections 457, 380 IPC have been registered in Rajouri police station and further investigation of the matter is going on.