The crime branch police have arrested three accused who robbed a Portuguese National tourist in broad daylight; accused are habitual offenders and have been booked earlier for different crimes.
Crime branch reached the accused with the help of CCTV cameras.
Nuno Rodricks, a Portuguese citizen, was on a tour of India, reached Bhopal on October 23 and stayed at Hotel Surya Bhopal, located near the railway station and at around 3 in the afternoon, when the complainant Nunu Rojis was going for a walk towards Central Library road miscreants came from behind and started beating and trying to rob them. Nunu defends himself, during which one of the boys snatched his glasses worth 200 dollars (Rs 17000).
The miscreants picked up a stone and hit Nuno in his head on the right side and escaped the spot. The complainant came back to the hotel and reached Hamidia Hospital, Bhopal for treatment.
A case under section 394 of the IPC was registered and investigation was started.
The crime branch team checked the footage of shops, CCTV cameras of the hotel on the way to the incident site after the victim left the hotel. In the footage, 3 boys were seen as given by the complainant Nuno, on the basis of the CCTV footage of their arrival and departure routes, the suspects were traced.
The three accused were identified as Mohammad Faisal (23), Sarwar Ali(23) and Afzal Khan (24) who confessed the crime.
The three accused told the police that they had alcohol near Hotel Surya and when they were going in a passenger auto rickshaw towards Itwara, they spotted a foreigner and snatched the spectacles and hit him with stone.
On detailed interrogation, all the three accused were found to be habitual accused against whom the offenses of theft and Arms Act were found to be registered in police stations Tilajmalpura, Hanuman Ganj, Shahjanabad, Ashoka Garden. All the three accused are involved in building painting work and are addicted to liquor.