SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday claimed to have solved a theft case in Budgam district by arresting three persons and recovering eight stolen tower batteries.
According to officials, Police Station Charar-i-Sharief received a written complaint from Fayaz Ahmad Bhat, a resident of Kazipora Chadoora and a site technician with Altus Company (Jio Reliance Towers), regarding an attempted theft at a tower site in Kakawring.
Police registered a case under FIR No. 46/2025 under Section 62, 303(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and initiated investigation.
During investigation, police found that multiple theft incidents had taken place at tower sites in the Charar-i-Sharief sub-division. Several suspects were questioned, and two of them confessed their involvement in the Kakawring incident as well as another theft at a tower site in Hanjura village.
Based on their disclosures, police recovered eight stolen tower batteries. The accused were identified as Gulzar Ahmad Ganie and Mohammad Rafi Khan, both residents of Arigam Budgam, and Mohd Shafi Dar of Hanjigund Chadoora. All three have been arrested and handed over to Police Station Chadoora in connection with FIR No. 120/2025 under Section 303(2) BNS.
Police said efforts to prevent such incidents would be intensified.
