ANANTNAG — Police have solved a theft case in Bijbehara area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district by arresting the accused and recovering stolen gold jewellery worth approximately ₹2 lakh, officials said on Saturday.
Police said a complaint was received at Police Station Bijbehara on October 5 from Safe Farooqi, son of Farooq Ahmad, a resident of Veer, regarding the theft of gold jewellery from his house. Accordingly, an FIR No. 288/2026 was registered under relevant sections of law, and an investigation was initiated.
During the investigation, the accused, identified as Mukhtar Ahmad Bhat, son of Wali Mohammad Bhat, a resident of Wanpoh, was identified through CCTV footage obtained from the complainant’s house, police said.
Acting on the leads developed during the investigation, the accused was apprehended in Kupwara on October 13.
During questioning, the accused disclosed that the stolen jewellery had been concealed at his rented accommodation in FM Gali, Anantnag. Subsequently, on October 15, a police team searched the premises in the presence of independent witnesses and recovered the stolen gold jewellery worth approximately ₹2 lakh, along with clothes allegedly worn by the accused during the theft.
The recovered items have been seized as evidence, while further investigation into the case is underway, police said. — (KIMS)