Last Updated on October 26, 2023 at 5:50 pm
Under the guidance of Senior Superintendent of Police Samba Benam Tosh, Police has launched crackdown against receivers/retainers of stolen property and arrested four for purchasing costly stolen items at nominal rates having reason to believe the same to be stolen property.
The arrested receivers of stolen property have been identified as Sahil Hussain s/o Raham Ali r/o Sunkhal tehsil Hiranagar district Kathua, Pyara Lal s/o Sant Ram r/o Chatroo Chingam Kishtwar A/P Telli Basti Bari Brahmana, Mukesh Kumar s/o Bishamber Dass r/o Mandi Pushwalian A/P Rakh Amb Talli Samba and Abhinash r/o Samba.
Three separate cases —- case FIR No.254/2023 u/s 379 IPC & case FIR No.251/2023 u/s 457,380 IPC have been registered at Police Station Samba and case FIR No.246/2023 u/s 379 IPC registered at Police Station Bari Brahmana.
The dishonest receivers of stolen property have been arrested by the Police teams headed by SHO Police Station Samba Daljit Singh, SHO Police Station Bari Brahmana Sumit Sharma and PSI Davinder Singh under the supervision of DySP Garu Ram, SDPO Rahul Nagar and Additional SP Samba Surinder Choudhary.
Senior Superintendent of Police Samba said that dishonestly receiving or retaining stolen property, having knowledge or reasons to believe the same to be stolen property, is punishable under law with imprisonment or fine or both and Police can arrest dishonest receivers of stolen property without warrant. People should immediately inform Police if any suspected person is found offering to sell costly items at far lower rates.
