SRINAGAR: Police have solved a house theft case in Bijbehara area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district by arresting the accused and recovering stolen gold jewellery worth approximately Rs 2 lakh, officials said on Saturday.
The case was registered on October 5 after Safe Farooqi, son of Farooq Ahmad and a resident of Veer, lodged a complaint at Police Station Bijbehara regarding the theft of gold jewellery from his house.
Police registered FIR No. 288/2026 under Sections 331(3) and 305 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and initiated an investigation.
During the investigation, police identified the accused as Mukhtar Ahmad Bhat, son of Wali Mohammad Bhat, a resident of Wanpoh, after examining CCTV footage obtained from the complainant’s house. He was apprehended in Kupwara on October 13, police said.
During questioning, the accused allegedly disclosed that the stolen jewellery had been concealed at his rented accommodation in FM Gali, Anantnag.
On October 15, a police team searched the premises in the presence of independent witnesses and recovered the gold jewellery, valued at approximately Rs 2 lakh, along with clothes allegedly worn by the accused during the theft.
The recovered items have been seized as evidence, and further investigation is underway, police said.
