CURATED BY – SUNIL YADAV | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Katni, Madhavnagar police of Katni has succeeded in catching four clever thieves while investigating the thefts that took place in four houses in Madhavnagar area recently. The arrested thieves had also committed thefts in Madhavnagar's Shubh City, Dadda Dham and other places in Katni district. Gold and silver jewellery worth about Rs. 3.5 lakhs have been recovered from the arrested thieves. Katni SP Abhijeet Ranjan informed that four residents of Daddadham and Shubh City of Madhavnagar police station area had lodged an FIR in Jhinjhari police outpost of Madhavnagar police station regarding the theft incident. As soon as the FIR was registered in the police station, Madhavnagar police arrested these thieves after conducting a search operation. Stolen gold and silver jewellery worth Rs. 3.5 lakhs was confiscated from the four arrested thieves. Katni SP Abhijeet Ranjan also informed that during interrogation, the arrested thieves have confessed to committing thefts in Katni and the bordering district Maihar as well. Criminal records of the accused have been found in Madhavnagar, Kuthla, Sleemanabad and district Maihar in Katni district, whose further criminal records are being investigated.