Darjeeling, 20 Mar 2016 The Sadar thana police yesterday arrested two youths on charges of theft by breaking into a school. One of them has been identified as Sanjay Chhetri (19), while the other is a juvenile and his identity has not been disclosed.
The police said Chhetri is a resident of Dhara Gaon near Dali, and he and the other suspect have just appeared for their Std X examination. They said the authorities of Gyanuday School near the Ava Art Gallery area of town lodged a complaint with the police station stating that some unidentified persons had broken into the school office and made off with valuable items.
“According to the complaint lodged by the school authorities, some unidentified people broke into the school office on the night of March 17 and stole school property. We acted on the complaint and zeroed in on some locals, who gave us some leads. Accordingly, we arrested the two youths,” said Darjeeling SP Amit Javalgi.
He said it was the juvenile who revealed Chhetri’s name. “We acted on information from our sources and picked up the juvenile first. He said it was Chhetri who had all the loot including stolen cash,” Javalgi said.
The suspects broke into the school and took off with Rs1.50 lakh in cash, a laptop, two mobile phones, two external hard disks and a camera. “We have recovered Rs1,39,500 as the two had bought two mobile phones with the remaining cash. The other items that were stolen have been seized,” said the SP. He said the two do not have a history of crime, but the police are ascertaining whether there were insiders involved in the break-in.
“The two do not have any criminal antecedents and could have committed the theft to make quick bucks. We have started and investigation and are re-constructing the crime scenario. It is too early to say if insiders were involved, but we have kept this option open,” Javalgi said. The chief judicial magistrate court has sent Chhetri to 14 days judicial custody, while the juvenile has been packed off to the correctional home in Jalpaiguri.
In a separate incident, the Sadar police arrested a youth named Bikki Thattal with 20 grams of heroin this afternoon from Mall road near the Mahakal Mandir area. Thattal is suspected to be a drug peddler and he will be produced before a special court on Monday, said police sources.
Via: EOIC, pic: Himalaya Darpan
The police said Chhetri is a resident of Dhara Gaon near Dali, and he and the other suspect have just appeared for their Std X examination. They said the authorities of Gyanuday School near the Ava Art Gallery area of town lodged a complaint with the police station stating that some unidentified persons had broken into the school office and made off with valuable items.
“According to the complaint lodged by the school authorities, some unidentified people broke into the school office on the night of March 17 and stole school property. We acted on the complaint and zeroed in on some locals, who gave us some leads. Accordingly, we arrested the two youths,” said Darjeeling SP Amit Javalgi.
He said it was the juvenile who revealed Chhetri’s name. “We acted on information from our sources and picked up the juvenile first. He said it was Chhetri who had all the loot including stolen cash,” Javalgi said.
The suspects broke into the school and took off with Rs1.50 lakh in cash, a laptop, two mobile phones, two external hard disks and a camera. “We have recovered Rs1,39,500 as the two had bought two mobile phones with the remaining cash. The other items that were stolen have been seized,” said the SP. He said the two do not have a history of crime, but the police are ascertaining whether there were insiders involved in the break-in.
“The two do not have any criminal antecedents and could have committed the theft to make quick bucks. We have started and investigation and are re-constructing the crime scenario. It is too early to say if insiders were involved, but we have kept this option open,” Javalgi said. The chief judicial magistrate court has sent Chhetri to 14 days judicial custody, while the juvenile has been packed off to the correctional home in Jalpaiguri.
In a separate incident, the Sadar police arrested a youth named Bikki Thattal with 20 grams of heroin this afternoon from Mall road near the Mahakal Mandir area. Thattal is suspected to be a drug peddler and he will be produced before a special court on Monday, said police sources.
Via: EOIC, pic: Himalaya Darpan
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