Gandhi Nagar police have arrested four members of a gang involved in four robberies and five burglaries.
They were nabbed while planning robbery at Aero City road on July 12 and recovered valuables worth Rs 2 lakh from their possession; gang members confessed crimes in the investigation.
The police said acting on a tip off four miscreants were nabbed who were planning dacoity at Aero City road at around 10 pm and recovered weapons from their possession.
The nabbed accused were identified as Ali Raja (19), Akram Ali (18), Haider Ali (62) who are residents of Karond while Sharafat Ali (34) is a resident of Badwani.
One of the accused Haider has been booked by Nishatpura police for burglary, assault and was for booked stealing by Rajasthan police. The other accused who holds criminal record was Sharafat who was booked for several crimes in the past. The police recovered sharp-edged weapons and iron rods from their possession which the accused were scheduled to use in the crime.
One gold chain, one gold nose ring, a pair of gold ear rings, one gold finger ring and silver anklets, bangles worthRs 2 lakh obtained from burglaries, stealing and other crimes were recovered by the police.
During the initial investigation the accused confessed burglaries and robberies in Gandhi Nagar, Barigarh, Nishatpura and Parwalia.
The police registered a case under sections 399 and 402 of the IPC and sections 25 and 27 of the Arms Act. Police suspected that more crimes would be revealed by the accused in the investigation.