Pune: Pune police have arrested four persons and recovered gold biscuits and cash worth Rs 26.33 lakh following a 25-day operation across Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand in connection with a misappropriation case, an official said on Saturday.

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The case was registered at Khadak police station after a 20-year-old employee of a courier firm allegedly fled with a bag containing gold and silver ornaments and Rs 28 lakh in cash that was meant to be delivered to an office in Mumbai on October 30, the official said.

During the investigation, police found that the accused, Vishal Satyapal Chauhan, a native of Misa Kalan in Uttar Pradesh's Etah district, had conspired with his brother Binesh Satyapalsingh Chauhan, friends Vikas Kumar Jadhon and Radheshyam alias Piku Chauhan, and brother-in-law Brijesh Surendrasinh Chauhan.

A team travelled over 10,000 km across Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand during the 25-day operation, making three visits to Uttar Pradesh to track down the accused, the official said.

Using technical surveillance and inputs from informers, the team conducted searches in Etah, Kasganj and Gautam Buddha Nagar districts of Uttar Pradesh, as well as in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, and apprehended four accused with the assistance of local police, he said.

During interrogation and subsequent searches, police recovered two gold biscuits weighing 120 gm and valued at Rs 16.8 lakh from Jadhon's residence, while Rs 7 lakh in cash, a gold ring and a silver chain were seized from Brijesh Chauhan's house, taking the total recovery to Rs 26.33 lakh, the official said.

The accused have been booked under section 316(4) (criminal breach of trust) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), he added.

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