The Piplani police foiled a dacoity bid and nabbed five miscreants near Haithkheda Dam and recovered a country made pistol, two live cartridges and one sharp edged weapon and 17 mobile phones worth Rs 2.5 lakh from their possession, accused were planning robbery late in the night on Wednesday.
Police said that on the receipt of the information of miscreants carrying arms and planning robbery police swung into action rushed to the spot and nabbed five persons near Haithkheda Dam. The miscreants tried to escape the spot but were nabbed by the police.
After the five miscreants were nabbed a country-made pistol, two live cartridges, one sharp edged weapons and 17 mobile phones worth Rs 2.5 lakh were recovered from their possession.
In the initial investigation when the nabbed miscreants were questioned they confirmed that they were planning dacoity. During the investigation the five nabbed accused were identified as Imran alias Chikna Qureshi (20) of Aishbagh, Sohail alias Gadda(20) of Bagh Farhat Afza, Mohammad Furqan alias Naag(19) of Naveen Nagar, Fazil alias Fajji(19) of Bagh Farhat Afza, Zebi alias Zaib(19) of Bagh Farhat Afza.
After the preliminary investigation the police have registered a case under sections 399 and 402 of the IPC and sections 25 and 27 of the Arms Act.
In the initial investigation police recovered 5 mobile phones from their possession. Later in the investigation 6 mobile phones were recovered from Imran’s house and 6 mobile phones were recovered from Sohail’s house.
During the further investigation involvement of the nabbed miscreants in others crimes would be investigated.