Ashoka Garden police have nabbed five persons planning robbery and recovered valuables worth Rs 1.5 lakh from their possession on Thursday. The miscreants were nabbed from Industrial area MPSEB.
On the receipt of the information about the men carrying arms and planning robbery, police swung into action and police teams were rushed to the spot and nabbed five persons near MPSEB office at Industrial area on Thursday.
In the initial investigation, when the dacoits were questioned, they confirmed that they were planning dacoity.
After spotting the police, accused tried to escape but were nabbed. The five nabbed accused were identified as Kalicharan Garg, Rohit Dhakad, Durgesh alias Dashrath, Nitin dubey and Dinesh Doharia while one of the miscreants managed to escape who was identified as Balram Birthere.
During the investigation, when the accused were quizzed, they confessed committing crimes in the form of gang and have committed burglaries, robberies and vehicle lifting. Police have recovered three Honda Shine motorbike stolen from Chola Mandir, Hanumanganj and Bajaria areas and a mobile phone stolen from Misrod.
From Kalicharan a country made pistol with two live cartridges, from Rohit police recovered one motorbike and an iron rod, from Durgesh police recovered a sharp edged weapon, from Nitin police recovered Chilli powder and from Dinesh a sharp edged weapon was seized.
The police have registered a case under section 399 and 402 of the IPC, section 41(1-4) of the CrPC and section 25 and 27 of the Arms Act.