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Five Arrested In Agra Silver Theft Case With 16 Kg Recovered
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News18•10-10-2026, 16:15
Five Arrested In Agra Silver Theft Case With 16 Kg Recovered
- •Police arrested five individuals in connection with the theft of 48 kg of silver from a bus in Etawah.
- •The stolen silver was part of a larger consignment being transported from Agra to Varanasi on August 25.
- •The theft was allegedly orchestrated by a former bus driver named Baijnath who knew about the consignment.
- •Accomplices broke into the bus storage compartment during a restaurant halt and transferred the loot to a waiting car.
- •Authorities have successfully recovered 16 kg of the stolen silver and are searching for the remaining quantity.
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Police arrested five individuals in connection with the theft of 48 kg of silver from a bus and have recovered 16 kg of the stolen silver so far.
The theft was orchestrated by Baijnath, a former driver of Sanjay Travels. While the bus carrying the silver consignment stopped at a restaurant in Etawah, his accomplices on board broke open the storage compartment and loaded the silver into a waiting car.
A consignment of two quintals of silver, ordered by a businessman named Chandan Singh from Azamgarh, was being transported by bus from Agra to Varanasi when the theft took place during a halt in Etawah.
