Crime branch police nabbed a 19-year-old student of a private engineering college for his involvement in a robbery and recovered a mobile phone from his possession at Jyoti talkies area on Tuesday.
Acting on a tip off a youth who was trying to sell a mobile phone at very low price and on the receipt of the information a police team rushed to the spot and nabbed the youth. After the youth was nabbed when he was searched a mobile phone was recovered from his possession.
The nabbed miscreant was identified as Abhinav Paroha of Amarnath Colony in Kolar. The nabbed accused is pursuing engineering from Bansal College. During the investigation accused confessed that he had robbed a purse near Yashoda Vihar Colony under Chunabhatti police station area on January 7.
Earlier on January 7 the victim Divya Sharma lodged a complaint with the Chunabhatti police regarding robbery of her purse in the evening on January 7 near Yashoda Vihar Colony. The purse was carrying a mobile phone and Rs 1000 cash.
Based on the complaint after the preliminary investigation a case under section 392 of the IPC and have started further investigation. In the investigation the accused was nabbed and confessed robbery. The mobile phone recovered from the accused was of the victim.
Accused confessed that he started to live luxury life and for that pocket money was not enough due to which he robbed purse for buying expensive clothes and goods. Police said that more robberies and recoveries would be done in the further investigation.