n The Bhopal Crime Branch and Habibganj police nabbed three members Sandalwood stealing gang who were engaged in selling Sandalwood illegally and recovered 50 kg of sandalwood from their possession on Saturday.
Acting on a tip off regarding miscreants police team nabbed three miscreants and recovered stolen Sandalwood from their possession.
The nabbed accused were discussing to sell the Sandalwood and were in search of customer when they were caught. They three were identified as Aleem Khan (26) of Eitkhedi, Sattar Khan (32) of Anand Nagar and Anees Khan (23) of Barrai. Two of the gang members are still at large and search has been continued to nab the miscreants.
After the preliminary investigation the police have registered a case under section 379 of the IPC. Sattar has been booked by Habibganj and TT Nagar police for theft and other crimes.Police would check crime record details of the two, the three were working as part of nexus still other members who are part of the nexus are absconding. During the investigation, police have recovered tools used to cut trees of Sandalwood.
Meanwhile, Bairagarh police has nabbed a 27-year old youth and recovered a country-made pistol and one live cartridge from his possession late in the evening on Suatruday near Borvan village. According to the police, acting on a tip off , a youth was nabbed and a country made pistol and cartridges were recovered from him.
The miscreant was not able to provide any details of keeping the country made pistol legally and was charged of keeping arm illegally. The accused was identified as Nitin Pawar of Rahul Nagar Bairagarh.After the preliminary investigation, the police have registered a case under sections 25 and 27 of the Arms Act and have started investigation to unearth the network of supply and demand.