A three miscreants involved in stealing and robbing mobile phones in Chunabhatti area was nabbed by crime branch Bhopal and recovered cell phones worth Rs80,000 from their possession.
Acting on a tip off regarding three youths who were trying to sell mobile phone of a branded company at Rs2000 only, crime branch police personnel acted swiftly and nabbed the persons with the mobile phones from liquor shop in Sarvadharam area and when they were questioned they confessed to committing mobile phone thefts and robberies in MP Nagar, Jehangirabad and Kaliasot dam areas. The three were identified as Rahul Kanade (19), Ajay Wankheda (18) and Manish Shukla (20). All the nabbed accuseds are residents of Shahpura village. The Crime branch police also recovered the motorbike used in the crime.
Accused confessed snatching a mobile phone from a girl who had gone to Kaliasot dam and while she was waiting at bus stop the three arrived and relieved her of her mobile phone. In another incident in the month of October the three stole a mobile phone from a parked car and other incident of mobile theft was reported in Jehangirabad area in the month of September.
In the investigation the three confessed that the used to roam on their motorbike and would target people in deserted areas. Most of the time lone women were targeted by the accused. The accused told the police that the women were targeted as they do not remain attentive and are negligent while talking over phone and in case if they fail to find lone woman they would target parked cars and took the goods from the car.