The crime branch Bhopal police foiled a dacoity bid and nabbed eight members of interstate gang near Bhanpur dumping ground carrying sharp edge weapons, rope while planning robbery at petrol pump late in the night on Saturday.
Police said that on the receipt of the information of men carrying arms and planning robbery police swung into action and nabbed eight persons. Two of the members of the gang escaped taking advantage of the darkness.
After the eight miscreants were nabbed sharp edged weapons, chilli powder and rope were recovered from their possession.In the initial investigation when the dacoits were questioned they confirmed that they were planning robbery at a petrol pump near Chopra village late in the night but were nabbed while they were planning dacoity. The police found that the nabbed accused are members of an interstate gang which has committed thefts, burglaries and robberies in Lucknow, Kanpur, Etawah and Orai areas of Uttar Pradesh and Rajgarh and Raisen areas of Madhya Pradesh.
During the investigation the eight nabbed accused were identified as Hasani Ali (21) of Bhanpur, Azam Jafri(50) of Bhanpur, Ghulam Ali (50) of Bhanpur, Sahil Abbas (19) of Karond, Ali Haider (21) of Julwania colony, Tanveer Khan (23) of Karond, Mukhtar Khan (55) of Karond and Abutrao Ali (24).
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. The crime record of the eight would be investigated in the further investigation.