Panchkula, Oct. 27 -- Panchkula Police have arrested three accused within 48 hours of a theft reported in Pinjore and recovered stolen jewellery and other property worth approximately Rs 3.50 lakh, including an Activa scooter suspected to be linked to another case.

The arrests were made by the Crime Branch-03 team on October 26 following a tip-off. The accused have been identified as Manish Kumar alias Montu, a resident of Surajpur in Panchkula, and Akshay Kayat alias Sidhu and Balbir Singh alias Hunter, both residents of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

According to the police, the complainant, a scrap dealer in Surajpur, reported that gold and silver jewellery, around Rs 6,000 in cash, and a gas cylinder were missing from his jhuggi...