In a major success Purani Basti police busted an inter-state gang of thieves and seized ornaments and other valuables worth Rs 5 lakh form their possession. The accused are native of West Benagal and live at Raipur in guise of utensil vendors.
According to police the accused have been identified as Farid Khan (26), Mohammed Mizan Shekh (20) and Safique Shekh (19) all natives of English Bazaar police station, West Bengal. “It was Farid Khan who brought the rest duo Raipur about a fortnight back from West Bengal. The trio had taken the cover of utensil vendors and used to perform recce before committing theft,” police said.
Police further informed that the gang few days back had burgled into the house of Arun Tamrakar in Banjari Nagar, Kushalpur and had ran away with ornaments worth Rs 5 lakh along with cash 13,000. A case in this connection has been registered with Purani Basti police station. The complainant, Arun Tamrakar on May 17 had gone Bhiali to attend an engagement ceremony along with his family.
After attending the ceremony police said, Arun Tamrakar reached to his home around 1.30 O’ Clock in night and found that the lock on his front shutter was broken. Shocked Arun when entered in house he found that the entire house was ransacked. Then he reached in the back portion of the house and saw three unidentified persons fleeing away by jumping the wall police added. After the compliant was registered police begun the probe and later arrested the trio on the basis of evidence collected during the investigation.