LCB detains three minors over theft of 37 phones from Goregaon mobile shop in Gondia

The Local Crime Branch (LCB) has detained three minors in connection with the theft of 37 Android phones from a mobile shop in Goregaon in Gondia district. Police have recovered the entire stolen stock. The recovered phones are valued at Rs 5.25 lakh.

The shop owner, Somendra Chhaganlal Patle (33), is a resident of Mohgaon Buzurg. Between the night of November 6 and the morning of November 7, unknown thieves broke the lock on the shutter of his shop in Goregaon, entered and made off with 37 Android phones. A case was registered at Goregaon police station.

Treating the matter as serious, police stepped up the investigation under the guidance of Superintendent of Police Gorakh Bhamre and LCB Police Inspector Revchand Singanjude. On November 9, based on technical analysis and information from a confidential informer, police learnt that a minor from Sadak Arjuni tehsil had committed the theft along with his associates.

A police team then reached Kinhi/Mokhe in Sakoli tehsil of Bhandara district and detained the three suspected minors. In questioning, they confessed to the theft. In the presence of panch witnesses, police seized from the home of one of the minors 37 Android phones of various companies, hidden in a school bag. They are valued at Rs 5.25 lakh.

The operation was carried out by Assistant Police Inspector Abhishek Jangamwar and a team from the LCB and the cyber cell, under the guidance of Superintendent of Police Gorakh Bhamre, Additional Superintendent of Police Abhay Dongre and LCB Police Inspector Revchand Singanjude. Goregaon police are conducting further investigation.