The Bairagarh police nabbed three miscreants involved in the robberies and have recovered three mobiles, 6 purses and a motorbike used in the robberies.
According to the police the accused used to target single pedestrian women in the evening hours. The accused used to spend the robbed money on expensive clothes and would spend the money on hefty hotel bills.
The accused were identified as Deepak Pathrola, Suraj alias Golu Ghabri and Mukesh Singh (changed name). The police have also nabbed Rizwan Khan of Astha for buying the robbed goods from the miscreants.
Deepak , Suraj and Mukesh are residents of Shahjehanabad. One of the nabbed accused is minor while Deepak got his father’s job in compensation after his death and the third accused Suraj works at a car company in Koh-e-Fiza.
The accused used to plan the robbery near Deepak’s office at Bairagarh. He is employed with the Bhopal Municipal Corporation.
Deepak used to ride his black coloured Bajaj pulsar motorbike while Suraj used to snatch the purse and mobile. After committing the robbery to avoid arrest the accused used to escape using short cut roads. The accused have confirmed 7 robberies which were committed in the month of June and July.
In one of the incident on June 15 when Deepak tried to rob Jeetendra Rughani at laxman Nagar the victim opposed the robbery and offered resistance which forced the accused to escape the spot without the valuables. After the incident police patrolling and activeness in the area was increased due to which the accused stopped the crime for few days but after that they continued their act.