Port Blair, Feb 1: The South Andaman District Police has succeeded in solving a blind burglary case within 24 hours showing professionalism resulting in the arrest and apprehension of accused person involved in the crime. On 29th Jan. 2024, a burglary case was reported at PS Aberdeen regarding burglary of gold ornaments worth around Rs. 15 Lakhs and cash Rs. 48,000 from the residents of complainant at School Line, Port Blair. On 26th Jan, the complainant and his family members went to his brother’s house as his brother went to Chennai for treatment. On 29th January, he was informed by the landlord that the lock of the door was broken. Immediately he reached as his home and found that gold ornaments and cash were stolen by unknown person from the Almirah.
On the basis of above complaint, an FIR vide. No. 25/2024 dated 29/01/2024 U/s 457/380 IPC was registered at Police Station Aberdeen against unknown accused and the investigation was entrusted to SI Abhishek Haldar.
The Aberdeen Police, swiftly responding to the complaint, formed a dedicated team comprising of SI Jeevan, SI Abhishek Haldar (IO), HC/Conod Kumar, PCs Surender Singh Yadav, K. Jairaj, Vijay Singh, Naw Eileen of PS Aberdeen and PC S. Heel Kanteshwar Rao of Cyber Cell inder the guidance of Insp. Girish Kumar, SHO PS Aberdeen. Through meticulous analysis of approximately 15 kilometers of CCTV footages, the team identified the accused and apprehended the culprits, leading to the recovery of stolen gold ornaments worth around Rs. 15 Lakhs and cash Rs. 30,230. The accused is well acquainted about the presence of CCTV cameras in the area and hence he was covering his face before reaching under the CCTV range to mislead the investigating agency. The accused had also used various routes of dark/ isolated areas to reach at the complainant’s house and after committing the offence he used different routes to reach back to his home. The breakthrough of the case was a result of meticulous investigative work, leveraging CCTV analysis, intelligence gathering, hardworking and exemplary team work.
The entire operation took place under the close supervision of Sh. Vikas, IPS, Sub Divisional Police Officer, South Andaman and the overall supervision of Shri Kalaivanan R, IPS, Superintendent of Police, South Andaman District.
The general public is requested to share information pertaining to any crime or other illegal activities to Police at 112, 03192-232100, 03192-236641 & 03192-232400. The identity of the informant will be kept secret.