A key member of an inter-State gang that allegedly stole vintage gadgets and jewelry from the Rao Madho Singh Museum in the Kota Garh Palace, in Rajasthan, has been arrested in Uttar Pradesh, police stated.
Arun Taiwatia, 28, a resident of Gautam Buddh Nagar in Uttar Pradesh, was arrested from Ghaziabad on Friday. On Saturday, he was produced earlier than a court docket in Kota that despatched him to seven days’ police custody, Superintendent of Police (Kota City) Sharad Choudhary stated.
Two different accused — Achin Jatav, 24, and Prabhat Panchal, 27, of Ghaziabad — have been nabbed from Delhi on Tuesday and awere being interrogated in police custody, he added.
Taiwatia was nabbed on the idea of the duo’s disclosure to officers from the District Special Team and the cyber cell, Mr. Choudhary stated.
The senior official added that Taiwatia and Panchal have been additionally concerned in the burglary of Dr. Ramnath Podar Haveli Museum at Naval Garh in Rajasthan’s Jhunjhunu district on February 18.
A police workforce workforce will journey to Ghaziabad with the trio to get better the stolen articles, Circle Officer and Deputy Superintendent of Police Harshraj Singh stated on Sunday.
The accused carried out a recce of each the museums, he added.
The burglary on the Kota Garh Palace museum passed off on the intervening evening of February 26 and 27.
The museum supervisor filed a report alleging that two folks had entered the palace after leaping over the boundary wall, broke open the lock and took away antiques and gold-polished silver jewelry from two showcases, police had stated.
