Dhanpuri police arrested three in Shahdol house burglaries
Police in Dhanpuri, Shahdol, said they arrested three men in connection with two house burglaries on the night of 10-11 August 2025 and recovered stolen property worth about Rs 3 lakh.
Police said that on 11.08.2025 complainant Usha Tiwari reported at Dhanpuri police station that, between the night of 10 and 11 August 2025, an unknown person broke the lock of her house, entered and took away gold and silver jewellery, an LED TV and Rs 5,000 in cash, worth about Rs 90,000 in total. A case of theft was registered and taken up for investigation. Similarly, on 12.08.2025, complainant Abdul Fazal reported that on the night of 10-11 August 2025 an unknown person broke the lock of his house and took away Rs 60,000 in cash and gold and silver jewellery kept in a cupboard.
Given the seriousness of the matter, a police team was formed immediately. Based on CCTV footage from Dhanpuri town and Amlai, a suspect, Rupendra Lonia, a resident of Chhoti Amlai, was traced in Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh). On being questioned using psychological methods, he allegedly said he had broken the locks of two different houses in Kachhi Mohalla, Dhanpuri, on the night of 10-11 August 2025 and stolen gold and silver jewellery, cash, a TV and a motor pump.
Police said they seized from the accused gold and silver jewellery, a 42-inch LED TV and a motor pump, with stolen property worth about Rs 3,00,000 in all. During questioning, the accused said that on 11.08.2025 he had also stolen a 125 cc Pulsar motorcycle from the Railway Colony in Amlai; it was recovered from behind the R.C. Club in Amlai. He said he sold a gold ring to Ramesh Soni, a resident of Railway Colony, Amlai, and gold and silver jewellery to Abhimanyu alias Mannu Soni.
Police recovered and seized gold and silver jewellery from Ramesh Soni of Amlai and Abhimanyu alias Mannu Soni of Dhanpuri, who lived near Rangmanch. The three accused, 1. Rupendra Lonia, 2. Ramesh Soni and 3. Abhimanyu alias Mannu Soni, were arrested under various sections and produced before the court.
The operation was led by station in-charge inspector Khem Singh Pendro, with Sub-Inspector Nagendra Pratap Singh, ASI Bhupendra Singh, Deepak Tiwari, Anjana, Head Constables Ramnath, Dinesh, Shailendra Singh and Raju Prasad, Constables Ajay Singh, Amit Singh and Prince, along with Head Constable Gajendra Singh from Budhar police station and Satyaprakash Mishra of the Shahdol cyber cell playing an important role.
