The crime branch has nabbed one miscreant and three jewellers from Qazi Camp and recovered silver and gold jewellery worth Rs 10 lakh from their possession; accused confessed a dozen burglaries along with his two aides.
Police said that acting on a tip off a miscreant identified as Irfan Baig alias Nange(45) was nabbed at Qazi Camp who was trying to sell valuables at low price and when he was asked regarding valuables he failed to provide details and documents of the valuables.
later he confessed that along with Waseem Tanker and Annu alias Anwar had committed around a dozen burglaries in different parts of the city.
Further when he quizzed regarding the persons who helped in disposal of the valuables he provided information of Manirul Ali alias Maqbool, Vinod alias Sitaram Soni and Iqbal Uddin of the state capital and based on the information the three were nabbed and recovered gold and silver jewelry, one motorbike and other valuables worth Rs 10 lakh.
Irfan has been booked for 56 cases in the past and the has been booked for around 22 times by Hanumanganj police, 18 times by Nishatpura police, he was also booked by Chola Mandir, Koh-e-Fiza, Aishbagh, Gautam Nagar and MP Nagar police. He has been booked for burglaries, stealing, possession of arms illegally and other crimes.
Manirul Ali works as jewelry designer, Vinod works as jeweler while Iqbal Uddin is a auto rickshaw driver. Police have started search for Anwar and Waseem who are still absconding.