Four held in Pombhurna for cutter machine theft; Rs 50,000 machine recovered

Pombhurna police have detained four men in connection with the theft of a cutter machine. The operation was carried out jointly with the Local Crime Branch (LCB) of Chandrapur district. According to police, the stolen machine is worth Rs 50,000 and has now been recovered.

Police said a case has been registered at Pombhurna police station under crime number 184/26, under Section 303(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) 2023. A case had thus already been registered on the theft complaint, after which police teams were working to trace the thieves and the stolen goods.

Police said a joint team of the Chandrapur Local Crime Branch and Pombhurna police station, while on patrol, searched for the suspected accused on the basis of technical information and a confidential tip-off. The suspects were detained following this search.

After detaining them, the joint team questioned the men closely. During questioning, they confessed to the theft. Police then seized the stolen cutter machine, valued at Rs 50,000, from the accused.

The names and addresses of the four men detained are as follows:

Pramod Shrinivas Tore, 30, resident of Chintal Dhaba, Pombhurna tehsil, Chandrapur district. Chandrashekhar Vitthal Kulmethe, 36, resident of Kemara, Pombhurna tehsil, Chandrapur district. Rajkumar Ghungru Marskolhe, 36, resident of Pombhurna, Chandrapur district. And Sachin Damodar Pendor, 38, resident of Pombhurna, Chandrapur district.

The operation involved a team of officers and personnel from the Local Crime Branch of Chandrapur, the Mul sub-division and Pombhurna police station. Further investigation into the case is continuing.