Police solve theft case related to Dastageer Sahib shrine

SRINAGAR — Police on Sunday solved a case relating to the theft of cash from a donation box at the venerated shrine of Hazrat Sheikh Syed Abdul Qadir Jeelani (Dastageer Sahib) in Khanyar area of Srinagar by arresting two accused persons.

A police spokesperson in a statement to GNS said that investigation into the case also led to the arrest of three more accused who had committed burglaries in Srinagar city.

On February 10, Police Station Khanyar received information that the donation box at Dastgeer Sahib shrine in Khanyar has been broken open and cash looted from it during the intervening night of February 9 and 10. the police spokesman said a case under FIR No. 05/2022 U/S 380, 427 of IPC was registered and the investigation was taken up.

“During the investigation of this case, technical means of the investigation were employed. After obtaining initial leads about one of the accused, two teams were constituted at Police Station Khanyar under supervision of Mohammad Yasser Parrey, SDPO Khanyar to nab the culprits,” he said, adding, “After consistent efforts, the first accused identified as Tahir Ahmad Mir alias 90 of Harden Kupwara was apprehended from Lolab area of Kupwara on February 13.”

The spokesperson said that Tahir after initial examination confessed to the commission of the offence in light of technical evidence. “He also disclosed about his another associate who was involved in the offence namely Jaffar Ahmad Mir of the same area of Kupwara,” he said, adding, “On their instance, cash amounting to Rs 8090 has been recovered so far relating to theft from the donation box.”

Moreover, he said, during their sustained examination, the arrested accused confessed to the commission of other thefts in Srinagar city.

“Subsequently, three more suspects were arrested and stolen jewellery items worth lakhs were also recovered on their instance,” he said, adding, “Further investigation is in full swing and some more arrests and recoveries are likely.”