Two held in Wardha for Hinganghat burglary, Rs 2.09 lakh worth of goods seized
The Local Crime Branch, Wardha, detained two men over a house burglary in Hinganghat and recovered a mangalsutra and a mobile phone worth Rs 2,09,000.
A team of the Local Crime Branch, Wardha, has detained two accused in connection with a house burglary in Hinganghat. A mangalsutra and a mobile phone were recovered from them. The total value of the seized goods has been put at Rs 2,09,000.
Manoj Ramchandra Gadwal, a resident of Sant Tukdoji Ward, Hinganghat, lodged a complaint at Hinganghat police station on 23.09.2026. According to him, he left home that day at about 4.45 am with his wife for meditation, locking the house. When they returned at about 6.30 am, they found the locks on the compound wall gate and on the door of the house broken. Inside, the household belongings were strewn about. Gold and silver ornaments kept in a cupboard, cash and two Android mobile phones had been stolen. The total value of the stolen goods was put at Rs 2,14,500. On this complaint, a case was registered at Hinganghat police station under crime number 1542/2026, under Sections 305(a) and 331(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
The Local Crime Branch team was conducting a parallel investigation. The team examined footage from CCTV cameras around the scene, in which a man was seen moving about in a suspicious manner. Information about him was taken from an informer. The police received firm information that he was Rakesh Pache, a resident of Pipri Meghe, Wardha, and that he had committed the Hinganghat burglary.
While the police were looking for him, they learnt that he was with a friend at the Idgah ground in Wardha. The police laid a trap there and detained him and his associate. Asked their names, they gave them as Rakesh Beniram Pache (30, resident of Pipri Meghe, Wardha) and Akash Ramesh Devtale (34, resident of Tarfail, Wardha).
When Rakesh Pache was questioned closely about the crime, he confessed that he had committed it with his friend Akash Devtale, who was with him. Both accused were then searched. A mangalsutra strung with yellow and black beads and with a pendant, weighing about 15 grams and valued at Rs 2,04,000, was recovered from them. A blue Oppo Android mobile phone, valued at about Rs 5,000, was also recovered. Goods worth Rs 2,09,000 in all were thus seized. Both accused and the seized goods have been handed over to Hinganghat police station for further action.
The operation was carried out under the guidance of Superintendent of Police Saurabh Kumar Agrawal and Additional Superintendent of Police Sadashiv Waghmare. It was executed by Police Inspector Vinod Chaudhari, Assistant Sub-Inspector Rahul Intekar, and police personnel Sachin Ingole, Bhushan Nighot, Vikram Kalmegh, Dharmendra Akali, Amol Nagrale, Mangesh Chaware, Arvind Ingole, Rahul Aghwal, Jagdish Daf, Dinesh Bothkar and Ritesh Getme. All are posted with the Local Crime Branch, Wardha.
