Four arrested for stealing Rs 1 lakh
Bhopal: Jehangirabad police has nabbed four miscreants from platform no 6 at Bhopal railway station on Thursday who were involved in stealing Rs 1 lakh cash from a Gwalior based man on May 4; police have recovered Rs 61000 from their possession.
Acting on a tip off auto rickshaw bearing registration number MP04RA0683 was traced at Bhopal railway station platform number 6 on Thursday and an auto rickshaw driver was nabbed who was identified as Mohammad Athar of Gandhi Nagar.
In the further investigation the accused confessed names of other accused who were identified as Mohammad Shahid(40), Mohammad Zeeshan(27) and Afroz (32). Based on the details the three accused were nabbed and cash stolen from the victim was were recovered from their possession.
From Athar police have recovered Rs 17000, from Afroz police have recovered Rs 16000, from Shahid police have recovered Rs 14000 and from Zeeshan police have recovered Rs 12000. Remaining cash was spent by the accused.
The victim works as building contractor and was doing a construction work in Vidisha and came to the city with cash for making payment to the labour in the morning on May 3 and hired an auto rickshaw which was already having three persons and when it reached near police control room and the three men said that they forgo their luggage at Habibganj railway station and dropped him. As soon as he was dropped he checked the cash and driving license were found missing. The modus operandi was to mislead the victims and steal their valuables.