Gautam Nagar police nabbed two miscreants and recovered 10 stolen mobile phones worth Rs 1 lakh from their possession on Thursday.
The nabbed accused confessed burglaries from Ashoka Garden, Hanumanganj, Gautam Nagar and Aishbagh area.
According to the police, acting on a tip off regarding a youth trying to sell mobile phone a team was rushed to the spot and based on the information he was searched and recovered mobile phone which was stolen from Chouksey Nagar.
A complaint regarding the stealing of the mobile phone was lodged by the victim Rakesh Dhanak on June 4, 2019. The nabbed miscreant was identified as Ankush Neel of Karond and was nabbed in the year 2017 for stealing bike and motorbike by Nishatpura and Teelajamalpura and after he was released on bail he again started the same activities and along with his aide who he met few months ago. With the help of his aide Neeraj Vishwakarma he had targeted houses and escaped with mobile phones. Based on the information Neeraj was nabbed and mobile phones were recovered from their possession.
During the investigation accused revealed that they used to target houses in the wee hours when victims would leave home for morning walk leaving the doors unlocked or enter the house from open windows. The burglaries and other crimes by the accused during the period he was out on bail would be revealed in the further investigation.