Overview

• Bhubaneswar-Cuttack Commissionerate Police identified the suspect as 42-year-old Manoj Kumar Singh of Cuttack and produced him in court, which sent him to judicial custody.
• The case stems from an August 14 break-in reported by bank employee Subhashree Nayak, who said about ₹5 lakh in cash and roughly 300 grams of gold were stolen from her rented home in Khandagiribari.
• Police say they recovered about 200 grams of gold ornaments, approximately ₹1 lakh in cash, a two-wheeler and an iron rod used in the burglary.
• Investigators found that 82 grams of the stolen gold had been mortgaged for ₹4,73,000 at a UNI Gold branch in Nayagarh, providing a key lead in the case.
• Officers said Singh presented himself online as a motivational speaker on a channel called Change Your Life while allegedly carrying out burglaries, and they reported returning recovered valuables to the complainant.