Tribune News Service

Panchkula, August 10

The Crime Branch of the Panchkula police today claimed to have nabbed a person for stealing a laptop and gold and silver jewellery from a house in Sector 25 here.

The accused has been identified as Gobind Kumar, a native of Samaspur village in Hardoi district of Uttar Pradesh and presently living in Bhana village near Sector 25, Panchkula. The accused was today produced in a court, which remanded him to four-day police custody.

The police said Pawan Kumar, a native of Busana village in Sonipat district and presently living in Sector 25, in his complaint, stated that he went to his native place on July 30. When he returned home on August 2, he found the lock of the main door broken.

He said when he went inside the house, he found household items scattered. After checking, he found that a laptop, gold earrings, a gold nose pin, six silver bracelets, other silver jewellery, a ceiling fan, a gas cylinder, a bag, a folding, utensils and some clothes were missing.

A case against an unidentified person was registered under Sections 454 and 380 of the IPC at the Chandimandir police station. The police said further investigations in the case were on.