Three members of a gang while planning to commit dacoity at Katara Hills ATM, were nabbed on Tuesday. The police have recovered valuables worth Rs 8 lakh from their possession.
Superintendent of Police Bhopal South Anshuman Singh while speaking with the media persons said that the gang members used to recce the place while staying in posh colonies and used to purchase vehicles from the stolen cars for committing crimes. The gang members have accepted commiting burglary in Jain temple in Nehru Nagar and injuring security guard who was attacked at Sterling Castles Colony, he added.
Gang members would never provide details of other gang members and in case of nabbing by police other members would try to bail them at the earliest.
Three miscreants who were planning to commit dacoity at ATM machine at Katara Hills were successfully nabbed by Bagh Sewania police and recovered country made pistol and tools for breaking ATM machine from their possession late in the night on Monday.
Acting on a tip off regarding miscreant involved in dacoity and murder Varun Verma along with his wife and Gulshan and notorious miscreant of Akola Raja and other accomplices where planning to commit dacoity at ATM machine at Katara Hills and the miscreants were in car bearing registration number MP 23 l 9669, said Singh.
On the receipt of the information three police teams were rushed to the spot who were successful in nabbing three miscreants while the fourth one managed to escape in the dark. A country made pistol and tools for breaking ATM machine were recovered from their possession, he added.
The three nabbed were identified as Varun Verma, Gulshan, Prakash and Sanjay while Raja alias Rajeshwar managed to escape the spot.
During the investigation the nabbed accused confessed 23 burglaries and provided details about their accomplices who were nabbed earlier.