A 22-year old man involved in more than half a dozen burglaries was nabbed by the crime branch, Bhopal police from the ISBT bus stand on Tuesday. The accused confessed to have committed burglaries for spending lavishly on his girlfriend.
According to the police, acting on a tip-off that a youth was trying to sell two mobile phones at throwaway prices at ISBT bus stand, a police team rushed to the spot and nabbed the miscreant. The accused, who was selling two mobile phones for Rs2,000, was detained and questioned regarding the mobile phones and he was not able to provide a satisfactory answer.
During the further investigation, the accused confessed that the mobile phones and Rs20,000 were burgled from a shop at Govindpura area and earlier he had burgled Rs25,000 cash from liquor shop in Habibganj area, Rs3,000 cash and packets of cigarette and mouth fresheners pouches from a shop in New Market, Rs3,000 cash from a dairy in Gautam Nagar, Rs1,50,000 cash and grocery goods from a shop in lambhakheda and Rs5,000 cash from Mata Mandir area.
The police said that the recoveries would be made during the investigation and it is possible that more burglaries would be confessed by the accused in the further investigation. The accused used to tell neighbours that he works at a private company in Mandideep.
In the day time, accused used to recce the target and would commit burglary at night. He used to target those shops where he could find cash. Most of the targets were marked due to the availability of cash.