In a major breakthrough the Jehangirabad police on Saturday nabbed a miscreant involved in several robberies and also recovered 10 gold chains and a motorbike from his possession.
Addressing media persons here, Additional Superintendent of Police Zone 1, Dileep Singh Tomar claimed that several robbery cases have been solved for the first time with the help of city surveillance system.
The police officer further informed that accused Shahdat Hussain alias Shadaab (30) along with his accomplice Shabbir Irani were nabbed after a robbery committed at lily Talkies Square on June as their images were captured by the surveillance camera. They had committed around 10 robberies. The robberies were committed in TT Nagar, Piplani, Habibganj and Govindpura police stations area.
The details of the motorbike were not clear but during the investigation the identity of one of the accused was narrowed down. The T-shirt which he was wearing at the time of the incident was recovered which helped the investigation officers. later during investigations one of the miscreants was nabbed from Karond area, while another named Shabbir is still absconding, Tomar added.
The motorbike bearing registration number MH 04 Fl 3936 was recovered from the accused and police are investigating whether it was stolen or bought by the miscreants.To evade suspicion Shadaab used to work as a property agent. The police have declared a cash reward of Rs 15,000 for providing information of the absconding accused Shabbir.
After committing the robbery, the accused used to take refuge in Andhra Pradesh at his in-laws house and returned only after a few days.The police have confirmed that more robberies and valuables sold by the miscreant would be revealed in further investigation.