Gautam Nagar police foiled a dacoity bid at V Mart store and nabbed three miscreants and recovered country made pistol, one sharp-edged weapon, chili powder, rope, masks and around Rs 600 cash from their possession at Arif Nagar on Wednesday; two miscreants managed to escape. Police team rushed to Arif Nagar area where the miscreants were planning robbery of cash of V Mart store late in the evening on Wednesday.
The nabbed accused persons were identified as Mohammad Shahid (22) of Murli Nagar, Mohammad Danish (19) of Rajeev Colony and Salman Ahmed alias Topi (25) of Vivekanand Colony.
During the investigation police recovered country made pistol, sharp edged weapon, masks and chili powder were recovered from their possession. The nabbed accused confessed that they along with Shappu Pistol and Shareef were planning to rob cash of V Mart.
After the preliminary investigation police have registered a case under section 399,402 of the IPC and section 25 and 27 of the Arms Act.
Police found that the miscreants were involved in shooting a 20-year-old youth at Jinsi square on December 10 and lodged fake complaint with the police and hospital.
The victim Raja alias Arbaz was shot after having a fight with the nabbed accused over a girl and later they fabricated story to settle score with Salman lala and Shahrukh with they had a fight early in the night. The accused rushed the victim to Chirayu hospital and a complaint was lodged with the Gautam Nagar police against Salman lala and Shahrukh.