Crime branch Bhopal police nabbed a miscreant involved in purchasing stolen mobile phone and unearthed gang of thieves involved in stealing goods and mobile phones in trains.
Acting on a tip off regarding two youths fighting over price of a mobile phone a police team was dispatched and started to search for the miscreants and nabbed one of the youths. The youth was searched and a mobile phone was recovered from his possession but the youth not able to provide the documents of the mobile phone and told the police that he had bought the mobile phone from market and was trying to sell at Rs 100-200 higher price. The youth when questioned confessed that he had bought the mobile phone from Vicky Ahirwar of Bina. The nabbed accused was identified as Rajkumar Ahirwar of Bina.
During the investigation Rajkumar told the police that youths from his village used to travel from Bina to Bhopal carrying buckets to collect alms in the name of god ‘Shani’. The areas are divided and they never visit area of other youths. They target careless victims and would steal mobile phones from the victims and in case if they do not earn they would target passengers of sleeper coach and AC coaches.
Providing modus operandi police said that the youth would target the passengers and would demand alms and mobile phones of the passengers were stolen. Police have started search for Vicky who went missing and it is possible that gang members involved in stealing mobile phones would be nabbed.