Police arrested two individuals and recovered gold jewellry, weighting around 32 bhoris (11.66 grams to a bhori), stolen from a house in Adabar area of the capital last month.
The arrestees were Rehan, 16, and Mahin, 16.
SM Jahangir, officer-in-charge of Adabar Police Station, said that the theft incident occurred between December 28 and December 30, when the family members were not at the residence.
On January 3, the residents filed a case with the Adabar police station in this connection.
According to the case documents, the plaintiff Babli Sarkar went to Bangladesh Eye Hospital for his mother's treatment after locking her house on Road No. 16 in Adabor at around 6PM on December 28.
After the treatment, she went to her grandfather's house in Savar from the hospital.
A day later, on December 30, at around 11:50PM, she returned home and found the door of her house broken. She entered the house and found the lock of the cupboard broken and the clothes in a messy state.
She also found that various types of gold and silver ornaments are also missing.
Following the complaint, police began their investigation. Later, police in a drive arrested two suspected thieves early Saturday and recovered of the gold.
The OC said that they are interrogating the duo and efforts are underway to recover the remaining gold jewellry.
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