MADHEPURA: Jewellery worth Rs 5 lakh, Rs 50,000 cash and other valuables were stolen from the house of former
Bihar chief minister B P Mandal in Bihar's
Madhepura town
on Friday night, police said on
Saturday.
Former CM's son Manindra Kumar Mandal, who is also a former JD(U) MLA, said that besides jewellery and cash thieves took away valuable items such as laptop, mobile, clothes, utensils etc when the family members had gone to their native village Murho in the same district.
The incident occurred at former CM B P Mandal's house located on a road named after him under Sadar police station of the Madhepura town.
Mandal served as chief minister of Bihar for a brief period of 30 days in 1968. He headed the
Mandal Commission that recommended reservation in jobs for the OBC. He died in 1982.
Manindra Mandal said that he had lodged an FIR against unknown persons.
Superintendent of Police Sanjay Kumar, who inspected the spot on
Saturday morning, said that a high level inquiry had been ordered into the case. Besides, a dog squad had also been engaged.
Three thieves had been arrested from Tapra Tola area of ward 26 of the town, the SP said, adding that 80 per cent of the stolen jewellery had been recovered from the possession of those arrested in this connection.
Police were conducting raids to nab other persons named by the three arrested thieves, the SP added.