Kolar police nabbed three miscreants including a woman and recovered gold and silver worth Rs 2 lakh from their possession on Tuesday; man used to burgle while woman used to sell burgled goods. According to the police, acting on a tip off regarding a woman selling trying to sell gold and silver jewellery was nabbed and when she was questioned she failed to provide detail and confessed that the goods are stolen.
The nabbed woman was identified as Ritesh Bai (44) who confessed that Ritesh Pawar and Baiju Solanki (23) of New Ambedkar Nagar used to burgle goods and she would later sell the goods. Based on the details later the two were nabbed police and recovered gold and silver jewellery worth Rs 2 lakh from their possession. The accused confessed four burglaries.During the investigation police found that the accused work as gang and are involved in burglary and stealing of goods for long and have targeted houses in the area and nearby areas which are under investigation.
The number of burglaries committed by the gang is yet to be investigated. The number of accomplices who are part of the gang and have helped the miscreants in disposing the stolen goods would be investigated.
At the time when the woman was nabbed she was carrying a child which was done intentionally to avoid attracting attention and been caught, she was carrying gold and silver jewellery in a plastic bag. Meanwhile, MP Nagar nabbed a person involved in betting on IPL match on Wednesday and recovered Rs 22000 cash and transaction betting receipt of Rs 3.68 lakh from mobile phone.Acting on a tip-off, police nabbed a person from Bypass road in Piplani and recovered receipts of betting amounting to over Rs 3.68 lakh from his possession. The police said that the accused has been identified as Deepak Jain (52). The accused revealed that master mind RK would stay in Mumbai or Nagpur during IPL and would provide link at Rs 5 lakh, RK would keep 75 percent of the profit while he was provided with 25 percent of the profit.