India, Nov. 15 -- In a major breakthrough, the Khadak police have recovered stolen valuables worth Rs.26.33 lakh, including gold ornaments and cash, from Uttar Pradesh following an extensive 25-day operation spanning three states and covering more than 10,000 km, police said on Saturday.

The case was registered at Khadak Police Station under Section 316(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, after a man allegedly entrusted with a bag containing gold and silver ornaments and Rs.28 lakh in cash fled with it instead of delivering it to an office in Mumbai.

The complainant, Jitendra Rishikesh Singh, a 20-year-old worker originally from Misra Kalan in Uttar Pradesh's Etah district, had handed over the bag to the accused, identified a...