The Valapattanam police will file a custody software on Wednesday (December 4) for C.P. Lijesh, 45, who was arrested for allegedly stealing money and gold from the home of Ok.P. Ashraf at Manna in Valapattanam.
The accused, a welding employee, was remanded to judicial custody by the Judicial Justice of the Peace Courtroom (II). The police plan to hunt custody for per week to probe Lijesh’s attainable involvement in different thefts throughout the district and to recuperate extra stolen valuables.
Lijesh was allegedly discovered to have hidden ₹1.21 crore in money and 267 sovereigns of gold in a secret compartment inside a mattress at his home. The theft allegedly got here to mild after Ashraf’s son reported the lack of ₹1 crore and 300 sovereigns of gold from their dwelling whereas the household was attending a marriage in Virudhunagar, Madurai.
The breakthrough within the case got here after an intensive investigation carried out by a 19-member workforce led by ACP T.Ok. Ratnakumar. The workforce tracked down Lijesh inside per week utilizing CCTV footage, fingerprint proof, and cellular tower knowledge.
In keeping with police, Lijesh carried out the theft in two levels. On November 20, he broke into Ashraf’s home round 8 p.m. by way of a window and stole the property, leaving the home by 8:40 p.m. Nonetheless, he by accident left behind a chisel used to interrupt the lock. The subsequent evening, he returned to retrieve the software however failed to seek out it.
The police suspect his second go to was additionally an try to take away any remaining proof or stolen objects. The police at the moment are inspecting whether or not Lijesh hid extra valuables elsewhere and whether or not he has hyperlinks to different unsolved theft instances within the district. The investigation continues, with additional particulars anticipated as soon as the custody software is authorized.
Printed – December 04, 2024 01:04 am IST
