Chandigarh, Feb. 23 -- UT police cracked a burglary case within 24 hours, recovering Rs.2 lakh stolen from a house in Manimajra.

According to the FIR registered at the Manimajra police station under Sections 305, 331, and 317(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, complainant Naresh Kumar, a resident of Manimajra, had left for Panchkula with his family around 1.30 pm on Wednesday. Upon returning at 6 pm, he found the lock of his house broken and Rs.2 lakh missing from a drawer in a TV trolley.

CCTV footage from the area revealed a suspect entering the house by scaling the main gate and exiting with the cash. Acting on this evidence, police intensified their search, and on February 20, the suspect-a juvenile-was apprehended near the Sports C...