Overview

• Commissionerate police arrested Manoj Kumar Singh, 42, after investigating an August 14 burglary at a rented home in Bhubaneswar’s Bharatpur area.
• Investigators recovered about 200 grams of gold, roughly Rs 1 lakh in cash, a two-wheeler and an iron rod believed to have been used in the break-in.
• Police say 82 grams of stolen gold were mortgaged at UNI Gold in Nayagarh for Rs 4,73,000, indicating part of the loot was liquidated.
• Authorities describe Singh as a habitual daytime burglar with more than 10 theft cases pending across Bhubaneswar and Nayagarh.
• The accused was produced in court and remanded to judicial custody, with police preparing to seek his remand for further questioning and to trace associates.