Crime branch Bhopal nabbed a 28-year-old man from MP Nagar on Thursday who was involved in stealing mobile phones and recovered a mobile phone from his possession.
According to the police a man was nabbed from MP Nagar while he was trying to sell mobile phone. The nabbed accused was identified as Govind Singh Rao.
The accused is a resident of Gas Rahat Colony in Nishatpura and works as a construction labour.
Providing the modus operandi police said that the accused would target victims at vegetable market and would visit the market after his work.
He used to visit the market as a customer who arrived to buy vegetables and would target victims busy in buying vegetables and would steal their mobile phones.
Acting on a tip-off regarding a man trying to sell mobile phone at MP Nagar the accused was detained by the police and when he searched a mobile phone
was found from his possession and was not able to provide the details of the
mobile phone and later confessed that he had stolen the mobile phone from TT Nagar vegetable market in the month of March.
Meanwhile a 21-year-old youth was nabbed by crime branch Bhopal from MP Nagar and recovered a stolen mobile phone from his possession on Thursday.
According to the police, the miscreant Vijay Yadav was nabbed while trying to sell mobile phone but was nabbed by crime branch Bhopal before he could sell the mobile phone. The accused confirmed stealing of mobile phone from a mobile phone recharge shop around a month ago. The accused is first year B Com student.