Habibganj police nabbed a four member gang involved in stealing valuables from Tata magic van passengers in the day and commit burglaries in the night and recovered valuables worth Rs 3 lakh.
According to the police a youth was nabbed while he was trying to sell an expensive mobile phone at Bittan market and when he was asked regarding the mobile phone he failed to provide the documents and correct details of the mobile phone.
In the initial investigation when the nabbed youth was quizzed he confessed thefts and burglaries with his three accomplices. The nabbed youth was identified as Akash alias Suraj. later the three were nabbed who were identified as Manish Gajbhi, Suresh Gajbhi and Nirmal Gujrati.
Manish and Suresh are brothers who work as conductor with the Tata Magic van, Akash used to work as driver of Tata magic van while Nirmal used to help in disposing the stolen and burgled goods.
Gold jewelry weighing twenty grams, five mobile phones and lED TV worth Rs 3 lakh have been recovered from their possession.
During the investigation, the nabbed accused confessed that one of the accused Ravi Chouhan had most of the valuables and based on the information Ravi was searched but he managed to escape and is still absconding.
The nabbed accused confessed that they used to recce in the day and would target the house in the night.
During the investigation, accused have confessed one burglary in Ratibad and two burglaries in Habibganj areas. More details would be revealed in the further investigation.