Police arrested five persons and claimed to have solved the thefts from the lockers of yatris of Mata Vaishno Devi in Reasi district.
Complaints were lodged by yatris alleging that their belongings including mobile phones, cameras and cash were stolen from their lockers of the cloak room.
During investigation of the cases, Bhawan Police came to know that one of the stolen mobile phone was in use in Amritsar.
Acting on this information, a police team was constituted by SSP Reasi and deputed to Punjab to nab the culprits. Some of the stolen items were recovered from the arrested persons, they said.
