Eight gold chains worth Rs 3 lakh were recovered from two miscreants who were nabbed by Crime Branch, Bhopal from Gandhi Market under Piplani police station area on Friday.
During the investigation, the offenders said that they used usually targeted deserted places. Initially recce was done and later the victim was robbed and escaped the spot. Around eight gold chains worth Rs 3 lakh were recovered from the miscreants. A motorcycle was also recovered from their possession which was used in the robbery.
To evade arrest the miscreants used motorcycle of Mathura Prasad Yadav who lives near Karond hostel and would cover the registration number plate with dark coloured tape to hide the number. The miscreants were identified as Aakash Samundre (21) of Karond and Birendra Singh Gaur(22) of lalghati.When the miscreants were nabbed a gold chain was recovered from their possession which was robbed from Gurudwara road at Piplani confirmed the accused.
Out of the eight robberies confirmed by the accused four were committed in Piplani area, two in Govindpura area and 1 each in Habiganj and Bagh Sewania areas. Aakash holds criminal record and was arrested for robbery by Aishbagh police in the past. He used to work as an electrician and cook in a hostel and used to live in Pandit Plaza boys hostel at Karond. The other accused Birendra used to work as a stage decorator for a city based firm. It is possible that the accused might confirm more robberies during investigation, said police.