Crime branch Bhopal nabbed four members of a gang of miscreants and recovered valuables worth Rs 14 lakh from their possession. The accused have confessed 11 burglaries and thefts from different areas of the city, said DIG Raman Singh Sikarwar while speaking with media persons on Friday.
Acting on a tip off a youth who was trying to sell cooking gas lPG cylinder at Berkhedi road in a white coloured car which was not having registration number was nabbed and when he was quizzed he was not able to provide details of the vehicle and goods and later confessed that they have been stolen.
The nabbed miscreant was identified as Shoaib Khan of Teelajamalpura. He told the police that he had stolen car from Saket Nagar around a month ago and using the same car along with his accomplices Akram, Ishtiaq, Manish alias Jatti and Ajay alias Bablu while Sant Kumar Yadav used to dispose the goods.
Based on the information other accused were nabbed. Two of the accused are still absconding and search for the absconding accused has been started. From Shoaib Santro i10 car, one lED TV and one laptop was recovered.
Santro i10 car bearing registration number MP04CN6518, Maruti Car 800 bearing registration number MP44S0002, Maruti Car 800 bearing registration number MP04l0005, four lED TV, one laptop, two air cooler, 13 cooking gas cylinders, utensils, one mobile phone and tools used in the burglary and stealing.
The accused told the police that they used to recce the areas in the night and would target the houses after 2 in the night. They would target locked houses as it would decrease risk of been caught. The stolen car was used for committing burglaries as it is easier to take goods in the car and avoid attracting attention.
The accused confessed three burglaries in Bagh Sewania, three in Chunbhatti, four in Kolar and one in Shahpura area.