Govindpura Police has successfully nabbed three miscreants and recovered valuables worth lakhs of rupees from their possession. According to the police, on Monday three persons who were lurking suspiciously at Church road Barkheda BHEl area were detained.
The three were on a bike and were not able to produce documents of the vehicle which raised suspicion and when questioned they accepted to have committed seven burglaries.
The miscreants were identified as Manoj Choudhary (20), Kamal Sarkar (19) and Deep Choudhary (20), all hailing from Betul. Motorbike bearing registration number MP 48-ME-8202 which was recovered from the miscreants was stolen from Betul, they told police.
The accused have accepted burglaries in Govindpura and Piplani areas of Bhopal, but the period they were active in the area committing crimes was not confirmed as after committing crime they used to escape the city.
Providing details of their modus operandi, the miscreants told that they used to search for locked and deserted houses and would set there to burgle the valuables during the wee hours.
An lCD TV, two laptops and around 50 gm of gold jewelries worth Rs 3 lakh were recovered on the leads provided by the miscreants. Police said that in the investigation more burglaries would be confirmed and valuables would be recovered as the accused have confirmed that they have kept valuables in Sarani area.
Criminal record of the miscreants has been searched by the police. It is possible that the accused have also committed crimes in Betul area and the Betul district police would be contacted to collect information regarding the accused.