MP Police Crack Multi-City Thefts and Frauds, With Bhopal Caretaker Case Recovering Rs 70 Lakh

Overview

• Habibganj police in Bhopal arrested a former and a current caretaker with an accomplice and recovered cash and jewellery worth Rs 70 lakh in a July 29 burglary uncovered on November 23.
• Indore’s Lasudia police arrested Hashim Ali and his mother for a November 14 house break-in, recovering about 300 g of gold and 100 g of silver worth roughly Rs 30.20 lakh along with the scooter used, with the accused on police remand.
• An inter-state fraud ring linked to suspects Sanjay, Gaurav and Neeraj Soni and Santosh Samai was traced to Rishikesh and Jodhpur, where police recovered 443 g of gold worth about Rs 60 lakh after the gang allegedly melted some ornaments.
• A coordinated crackdown detailed by police tallied recoveries exceeding Rs 1.22 crore across cases in Indore, Vidisha, Tikamgarh, Sehore and Bhopal, alongside multiple arrests.
• Additional district cases included Vidisha temple and residential thefts solved with five arrests and about Rs 15 lakh recovered, a Civil Lines case near SATI College with Rs 30.6 lakh recovered, a Shahjahanabad burglary in Bhopal with about Rs 14 lakh recovered, and seizures in Sehore and Tikamgarh.