UP Police Arrest Inter-District Accused Named in 13 Cases, Recover Stolen Goods

Police in Uttar Pradesh’s Pratapgarh district have claimed to solve a theft case with the arrest of an inter-district accused who is named in a total of 13 cases. The police said stolen goods, a Tata Intra V10 vehicle allegedly used in the crime and ₹520 in cash were recovered from the arrested accused.

The accused has been identified as Sachin Gautam, son of Sukhram Gautam, a resident of Bhatan Ka Purwa, Shahbari, under Sangipur police station in Pratapgarh. According to the police, 13 cases relating to theft, robbery, assault, the Arms Act and the Gangster Act are registered against him in Pratapgarh and Amethi.

The action was carried out jointly by the Sangipur police, the Special Team and the Surveillance Cell. The police said the operation was conducted as part of a campaign to arrest wanted accused and solve criminal cases.

The campaign is being conducted under the direction of Superintendent of Police Deepak Bhukar. The operation was carried out under the supervision of Additional Superintendent of Police (Western) Brijnandan Rai and Lalganj Circle Officer Rajiv Dwivedi. Sangipur Station House Officer Gaurav Trivedi led the police station team, the Special Team and the Surveillance Cell personnel involved in the action.

According to the police, unknown thieves had broken the lock of a house in Govardhanpur village during the night of 6/7 September 2026. They allegedly stole an inverter, battery, CCTV DVR, television, sewing machine, gas cylinder, utensils, clothes and other valuable items from the house.

A case was registered at Sangipur police station in connection with the theft. The case was filed as Case No. 207/2026 under Sections 305A and 331(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, or BNS.

The police said that on 10 October, the team received information from an informer that some people were loading suspicious goods into a small goods vehicle near Satyam Singh’s poultry farm on the Vindhyasingh Ka Purwa road. Acting on the information, the police reached the spot and set up a cordon.

When they saw the police, the people travelling in the vehicle allegedly tried to escape. The team managed to catch Sachin Gautam, who was sitting at the rear of the vehicle. His three associates escaped by taking advantage of the darkness and nearby bushes, according to the police.

During questioning, the accused allegedly admitted that he had carried out the theft along with his three associates, Satyam Singh, Vikram Verma and Kamal Singh. The police said the stolen goods had been concealed near the poultry farm and were being loaded into the vehicle for sale.

The police further said that the accused also disclosed his involvement in another theft in Gram Sabha Tarapur. According to the police, he stated that approximately 50 thousand rupees had been stolen from a house there around three months earlier.

The police said that the accused had spent the money that had come to his share. The remaining ₹520 was recovered during the search. The complainant side identified the recovered goods and stated that they had been stolen from the house of the complainant’s brother.

The items recovered by the police include one Microtek inverter, one SF battery, an 80-centimetre LCD television, an Adeeba sewing machine, an Indane gas cylinder weighing 14.2 kilograms, the Tata Intra V10 vehicle allegedly used in the incident and ₹520 in cash.

The police said that additional BNS sections have also been added to the case already registered in connection with the theft. Legal action is being taken against the arrested accused. The search for the three other accused, Satyam Singh, Vikram Verma and Kamal Singh, is continuing.

Personnel from Sangipur police station, the Special Team and the Surveillance Cell were involved in the operation, the police said.