Kanpur: Police on Thursday arrested four men accused of stealing gold and silver ornaments worth Rs 50 lakh from the house of a railway ministry officer’s mother in Bajpur village.The arrested accused were identified as Shubham Singh, Shubham Kushwaha alias Banta, Krishna Yadav and Dharmveer. Another accused, One accused, Kunal Nishad of Gangaghat in Unnao, remains absconding, police said.Police recovered 730 grams of silver ornaments and 152 grams of gold ornaments, valued at Rs 25 lakh, from their possession.Apurv Bajpai, who works for the railway ministry in Delhi, owns the house where his mother, Radha Devi, lives.Continuous rain had caused waterlogging at the house, prompting Radha Devi to shift to a relative’s residence in Gallamandi Chandan Nagar on Sept 27. When she returned on Oct 19, she found the locks of a first-floor room broken and 1 kg of silver ornaments and 250 grams of gold ornaments missing from an almirah.Police subsequently registered a case against unidentified persons.DCP South Dipendra Nath Chaudhary said one of the accused, Krishna Yadav, came under suspicion during the investigation and was found missing from the village. Investigators later traced another accused, Shubham Singh, whose interrogation allegedly revealed the involvement of the others.According to police, Krishna had allegedly informed the group that waterlogging had forced many villagers to leave their homes and that valuables could be found in Radha Devi’s house.DCP Chaudhary said the four accused had been booked under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, and further legal proceedings were under way.
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