Jaipur: City police arrested two men and detained a minor Saturday for allegedly stealing five courier parcels containing silver items from a loading auto in Bani Park on Sept 30. Around 10 kg of silver items have been recovered.The arrested men were identified as Deepak Singh alias Shankar (33), a resident of Gonda in Uttar Pradesh, and Prince Kumar (22), a native of Jamui district in Bihar who lives in outer north Delhi.DCP Jaipur West Prashant Kiran said courier operator Ravi Kumar, who runs New Neelkanth Air Service at Subhash Nagar Shopping Centre, lodged a complaint on Oct 1. The parcels, meant for delivery to Ahmedabad, Surat and Mumbai, went missing while staff were transferring them from one vehicle to another near Collectorate Circle. Three parcels contained around 20 kg of silver items, according to the complaint.Police registered a case under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and examined more than 100 CCTV cameras to track the suspects. Raids were conducted in Delhi, Gurugram, Jammu and locations across Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.Police said a courier company employee allegedly conspired with Prince, a friend from his village, to steal the consignments. Prince allegedly recruited associates, including Rakesh from Sonpur in Bihar and Deepak, to execute the theft.At around 10.45 pm on Sept 30, the group allegedly took advantage of darkness near plot D-42 on Hathi Babu Marg to remove the five parcels from the loading auto and flee in a taxi.Police said the accused were also allegedly planning a major crime in Surat. Efforts are underway to recover the remaining stolen goods.
