A joint team of crime branch and Aishbagh police nabbed a 45-year-old miscreant near 80 ft road Petrol Pump involved in around 10 burglaries and recovered valuables worth Rs 9 lakh on Saturday said DIG Bhopal Irshad Wali while speaking with media persons at press conference on Sunday.
DIG Wali said that acting on a tip off a miscreant was nabbed near 80ft Petrol pump in Aishbagh and when he was searched valuables were found from their possession but he failed to provide details and documents of the valuables. Later when he was quizzed he confessed that the valuables were burgled.
The nabbed was identified as Ilyas Khan (45) a Bajaria who is a habitual criminal and has been booked for around half a dozen thefts and burglary cases. Police have recovered gold and silver jewelry, wrist watch and Rs 85000 cash were recovered. The total recovery made from the accused is of Rs 9 lakh.
The accused has been booked in eight burglaries and excise act by Gautam Nagar, Talaiya, Ayodhya Nagar, Bajaria police stations of the state capital. Ilyas has been booked by Aishbagh for 7 cases of burglaries.
During the investigation police have recovered the valuables burgled and theft by the accused in five police station areas.
Based on the investigation the police would search for the accomplices who have helped the accused in disposing the burgled valuables.
More crimes would be confessed by the accused and more recoveries would be made in the further investigation claimed police.