SASARAM: Eight home guard jawans were arrested and sent to jail on Friday in connection with the theft of two rifles and 50 cartridges from the guardroom on Rajpur circle office premises in Rohtas district Tuesday night.
They were arrested on the written complaint of Rajpur circle officer Raghewndra Dayal. DSP, Bikramganj, Raj Kumar said three special teams have been formed to trace the stolen items. Police sources said four home guards jawans were sent to Rajpur circle office from the district police headquarters at Dehri-on- Sone to take over from another group of four jawans.
Since the reliever jawans reported late in the evening, the outgoing group left their arms and ammunition in the guardroom and left for their village.
When the jawans from Dehri reached Rajpur circle office on Wednesday morning to collect their arms and ammunition, they found two rifles and 50 cartridges missing from the guardroom. The DSP reached the spot and recovered a bamboo ladder behind the window of the room. “All the eight jawans were taken into custody and after 30 hours of interrogation, they were sent to jail on Friday evening. The circle officer has lodged a named FIR against the eight jawans,” DSP Kumar said.