2 cops held for bid to pocket recovered gold

Pune | Saturday | 23rd February, 2019

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PUNE: Two police constables were arrested late on Wednesday night for their alleged bid to pocket recovered stolen gold ornaments worth Rs 2.99 lakh.The ornaments were recovered in a theft case that took place at a house in Yerawada a few days back. We have recovered the booty from the constables’ possession,” he said. “The incident came to light after police arrested the two thieves but did not find any ornaments with them. “The two constables, identified as Nitin Shinde and Akash Simre, were posted with the Koregaon Park police station as beat marshals. They had nabbed the two thieves involved in the case on the night of February 2..