J'khand: Police held two for stealing mobiles, recovered 51 handsets from them

The Dumka police arrested two persons from Dhanbad district for stealing mobile phones and recovered 51 such handsets from their possession, a police officer said on Wednesday. The accused were arrested on Monday from Kendua-Kathgola village under the jurisdiction of Kenduadih police station in Dhanbad district, the police officer said.

A police team from Dumka arrested Sonu Kumar Sao and Ranjit Kumar from their houses in Dhanbad district, the Superintendent of Police (SP) of Dumka district, Y S Ramesh, said. The had stolen 59 new mobile phones from a shop on January 7, he said, adding that an FIR was registered against unidentified persons.

Based on the FIR, a police team was constituted to investigate and apprehend the culprits involved in the incident, Ramesh said. During the course of investigation, the team, on the basis of a tip-off, arrested the two from Dhanbad and recovered 51 stolen mobile phones from their possession, he said..