Aurangabad: The crime branch of the city police has nabbed two suspects for their involvement in a major burglary comprising 500gm of gold and Rs one lakh cash, committed at a flat in the Samarthnagar area of the city last week.In the daylight house burglary that was committed in Samarthnagar, Rs one lakh in cash and gold jewellery items weighing 50 tolas (500 grams) were stolen by the burglars on February 4 (Monday). It had come as a challenge to the city police. The apartment is situated close to the Kranti Chowk police station. The footage of CCTV cameras installed in the nearby houses was screened, which revealed the faces of the criminals.Earlier on Friday, the crime branch team nabbed their two accomplices and claimed to have solved the high-profile house breaking offence that had rocked the city. The crime branch squad of the city police had arrested two accused, identified as Kiran Sopan Chavan (19) and Karma Prakash Pawar (20), both residents of Barai in the Mehkar taluka of Buldhana district for their involvement in the burglary.After being produced before the court on Friday, they have been remanded to custody till Wednesday. The latest set of accused have been arrested from the Beed Bypass late on Saturday night and they have been identified as Kishor Tejrao Wayal (39) of Meraa and Raju Shivaji Ingle (24) of Barai, both from Buldhana district. On being produced before the court on Sunday, the accused have been remanded in six days custody.Crime branch inspector Madhukar Sawant informed that it was following a specific tip-off about the accused’s presence in Aurangabad that a squad was rushed to the Beed Bypass and a trap was laid over there for the accused.The accused were intercepted while they were heading towards MIT College from Mahanubhav Chowk on two bikes. Kishor Wayal is suspected to be the mastermind of the daylight burglary while Ingle is his close aide, who assisted him.Assistant commissioner (crime) Nagnath Kole said that the arrested accused are criminals on police record having several property and body offences registered against them in different parts of the state.

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