LUCKNOW, July 23 -- After keeping Lucknow Police on in the investigation trail for 48 hours and triggering an exercise that involved two dedicated probe teams, scrutiny of footage from nearly 40-50 CCTV cameras and a search through a forest, two missing buffaloes, collectively valued at around Rs.1.6 lakh, were recovered and a Barabanki resident was arrested, the police said on Wednesday. According to police, the buffaloes were stolen from outside the homes of Abhishek Shukla, nephew of block pramukh Om Prakash Shukla, and his neighbour Vansh Deepak Awasthi at Bajpeyi Kheda village in Nigohan on July 17- 18 night. "After an FIR on July 19, police constituted two teams. Investigators pieced together the suspects' movements by analysing CCTV footage from around 40 to 50 locations and working with local informants before tracing one of the accused to a forest near Jungle Mangal Tiraaha on Tuesday," a police statement said. "Police arrested Rajan (20), resident of Barabanki, and recovered both buffaloes. Two alleged accomplices-Dubey Raj alias Shakeel and Dilip alias Chhotu-managed to escape," the statement added. "During questioning, Rajan allegedly confessed that the trio had hidden the buffaloes in the forest before transporting them to a slaughterhouse in Barabanki, where they planned to sell the animals and split the proceeds," the statement added. BJP block pramukh Om Prakash Shukla felicitated Nigohan SHO Ravindra Kumar and the investigating team, presenting them angvastrams and an idol of Goddess Vindhyavasini. The felicitated team included S-Is Chandan Kumar Yadav and Kuldeep Kumar, along with constables Rohit Kumar, Javendra Kumar and Rajkaran....