VASCO
If Christmas midnight services ended on a bitter note for a family at New Vaddem, Vasco, when burglars broke into their house and decamped with gold ornaments and cash worth a combined Rs 9 lakh, a miracle awaited them on Thursday.
Vasco police not only arrested a youth in connection with the burglary on Thursday, but also succeeded in recovering virtually the entire stolen gold ornaments worth Rs 6 lakh and cash of Rs 3 lakh from the house of Jack Fernandes.
Vasco police arrested Ashpak Shaikh (21), wh
If Christmas midnight services ended on a bitter note for a family at New Vaddem, Vasco, when burglars broke into their house and decamped with gold ornaments and cash worth a combined Rs 9 lakh, a miracle awaited them on Thursday.
Vasco police not only arrested a youth in connection with the burglary on Thursday, but also succeeded in recovering virtually the entire stolen gold ornaments worth Rs 6 lakh and cash of Rs 3 lakh from the house of Jack Fernandes.
Vasco police arrested Ashpak Shaikh (21), wh
o resides near Santoshi Mata temple at New Vaddem, after he had allegedly committed a similar burglary on Christmas eve in 2015.
According to Vasco PI Nalasco Raposo, Shaikh was arrested after he was shortlisted from among many suspects in the vicinity.
"Shaikh is a history-sheeter and is involved in six chain-snatching cases and eight burglaries/thefts reported in various police station across South Goa."
"On Christmas eve in 2015, Shaikh had committed a similar burglary at Chicalim, wherein gold ornaments and mobiles worth Rs 1.83 lakh were stolen. He was arrested and subsequently charge-sheeted in the case. He is presently facing trials in three cases," said PI Raposo.
"Shaikh has confessed to his involvement in the burglary in the wee hours of Monday and at his instance the entire stolen property has been recovered from a site in Chicalim," PI Raposo added.
Shaikh was produced before the JMFC Margao and later remanded to seven days police custody. Vasco PSI Suraj Kankonkar is investigating.
The incident had taken place when Fernandes and his family had gone for midnight mass at about 11.30 pm on Sunday and returned home at about 1.30 am.
According to Vasco PI Nalasco Raposo, Shaikh was arrested after he was shortlisted from among many suspects in the vicinity.
"Shaikh is a history-sheeter and is involved in six chain-snatching cases and eight burglaries/thefts reported in various police station across South Goa."
"On Christmas eve in 2015, Shaikh had committed a similar burglary at Chicalim, wherein gold ornaments and mobiles worth Rs 1.83 lakh were stolen. He was arrested and subsequently charge-sheeted in the case. He is presently facing trials in three cases," said PI Raposo.
"Shaikh has confessed to his involvement in the burglary in the wee hours of Monday and at his instance the entire stolen property has been recovered from a site in Chicalim," PI Raposo added.
Shaikh was produced before the JMFC Margao and later remanded to seven days police custody. Vasco PSI Suraj Kankonkar is investigating.
The incident had taken place when Fernandes and his family had gone for midnight mass at about 11.30 pm on Sunday and returned home at about 1.30 am.
