Kolar police have nabbed a five member gang of burglars and recovered valuables worth Rs 14 lakh; nabbed miscreants confessed to have committed 41 burglaries.
According to the police, acting on a tip off Kamlesh Thakur and Vinod Raghuvanshi and Ahirwar gang which were active in burglaries in Kolar area and other areas of the city and nabbed Kamlesh Thakur and Vinod Raghuvanshi from Katiyar Market at Sarafa market.
The two were questioned and confessed 41 burglaries along with four other accomplices who were nabbed based on the information. Three were nabbed successfully while one went missing.
The five miscreants were identified as Kamlesh Thakur (23) , Vinod alias Bhura Raghuvanshi (19) of Kolar, Sunil alias Shaikh Nizaam (40) of Budhwara, Golu Rai (22) and Aman Khatri (21) of Ganesh Nagar.
One of the accused persons, Sandeep Khatri went absconding and search has been intensified. During the investigation the police have recovered 340 gm of gold jewelry, 500 gm of silver and four lED TVs worth Rs 14 lakh.
The miscreants used to recce the houses during the day and would target the houses during the night. They used axe to break the locks of the houses and almirah.
Kamlesh and Vinod have been booked earlier for different crimes and at the time of the arrest they were on their way to crime but before they could commit crime they were nabbed.
Police suspects that more burglaries and thefts would be confessed and more recoveries would be made in the further investigation.