Jewellery worth Rs 25 lakh stolen from shop in Supaul

PATNA: Thieves decamped with gold jewellery worth Rs 25 lakh from a shop at Nirmali Bazar under the Pipra police station area in Supaul district on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday. The owner of the jewellery shop, Satish Swarnakar, got to know about the burglary in the morning.
When Satish opened the shutter of the shop, he found the jewellery missing.Incharge of Pipra police station Nagendra Kumar said the thieves took the hard disk of the CCTV camera while leaving the shop. “Police have begun an investigation into the theft and raids are on to arrest those involved in the crime,” he said.
Man throws acid on wife: A man allegedly threw acid on his wife at Barka Rajpur village under the Simri police station area in Buxar on Tuesday. The woman was undergoing treatment at the sadar hospital. It was alleged that the accused, Jagnayaran alias Jaggu, reached his wife’s maternal home in an inebriated state and threw acid on her after an argument.
SHO of Simri police station Sunil Kumar Nirjhar said the matter was being investigated.