Aligarh Police Arrest Four in Khereshwar House Theft, Recover Stolen Valuables

Lodha police in Aligarh have arrested four accused in connection with the theft of jewellery, cash and other valuables from a house near Khereshwar. Police also recovered a large quantity of stolen property from them. The four accused have been identified as Mubarak alias Lala, Shivam Goswami, Vikas and Titu alias Hariom.

The theft had taken place during the night of 29 September at the house of Manoj Sharma Fauji, a resident of Vaishnodham Colony near Khereshwar, in the Lodha police station area of Aligarh. Jewellery and other belongings worth lakhs had been stolen from the house.

After registering a case, Lodha police formed teams under the direction of senior officers to investigate the matter. During the investigation, around 450-500 CCTV cameras were examined. Acting on precise information from an informer, the police arrested the four accused at 05:55 on the route from Khereshwar intersection towards Gabhana.

During questioning, the accused gave their names and addresses. Mubarak alias Lala, aged 20 years, is a resident of ITI Road, Chahurpur, Bannadevi. Shivam Goswami, aged 21 years, and Vikas, aged 22 years, are both residents of Baraula Jafrabad, Bannadevi. Titu alias Hariom, aged 38 years, is a resident of Baraula Chowk, Bannadevi.

The police recovered property stolen from Vaishnodham Colony from the four accused. The recovery included cash amounting to one lakh 39 thousand, one sewing machine, one LED television, one mobile phone and a large quantity of jewellery. The jewellery included mangalsutras, rings, earrings, chains, anklets and toe rings, among other items.

Police said the four accused were also involved in an earlier theft in the Lodha police station area. During the night of 14 September, near village Dhaurapalan on Gonda Road, the wall of a tent shop and a grocery shop had been cut. Two alternators, chairs, baskets and other items were stolen in that incident.

After taking action against all four accused, Lodha police sent them to jail.

The team involved in the arrests included Lodha station in-charge Narendra Singh; Sub-Inspectors Abhimanyu Sharma and Javed Hasan; Head Constable Rajkumar; Ravindra Kumar, Mohit Lohia and Himanshu, all from Lodha police station, Aligarh; and Rajveer Singh, Natwar Singh, Sachin Kumar, Manveer Singh, Akash Sharma, Deepak Kumar, Ankush Dawas, Sugandh Pratap and Prinshubh Motla of the Criminal Intelligence Wing, Nagar. The listed team also included the entry “13.C” before item 13, Deepak Kumar.