MP Nagar police busted a four-member gang of women chain-snatchers involved in stealing gold chains st Habibganj Jain temple in the ongoing procession and recovered seven gold chains worth Rs 2.5 lakh from their possession.
SHO MP Nagar Suryakant Awasthi said that four women miscreants were nabbed in their second attempt to steal gold chains as they were not caught in the first attempt and escaped with gold chains and on Wednesday the three were found roaming suspiciously and were detained from the procession area while the third was nabbed from Habibganj railway station.
The nabbed accused women were not able to communicate in Hindi and with the help of Head Constable posted at DPR lines Kirtiwasan communication in Tamil was possible and it was found that the four have been involved in several crimes in Tamil Naidu and several other states, he added.
Police said that the gang members’ move from one place to another targeting their victims and one of the members would distract the victim while others would rob the victim.
It would be investigated that the gang members were involved in robbery and stealing or they are involved other serious crimes also. Other members of the gang members would be searched.
The police have registered of robbery against the nabbed accused and have started further investigation.
Initially, three were nabbed who were identified as Banita, Punjbarnam and Rajaki and when the three were questioned they confessed regarding their fourth accomplice Saraswati who was nabbed from Habibganj police station.