The Gautam Nagar police busted a gang of four thieves and recovered valuables worth Rs 5 lakh from their possession on Saturday. According to the police, two of them were detained when they were found in possession of a stolen motorbike.
They were identified as Bunty alias Ibrahim and Akram. During the investigation, they confessed that they had stolen the motorbike bearing registration number MP-05-AB-4581 from DB Mall area in MP Nagar. later, they also confirmed details of their two accomplices, Parvez and Sonu.
Bunty confessed that with the help of Parvez, he had also stolen a Tata Indica car bearing registration number MP-09-CA-4504 form Azad Nagar area of Indore. He further informed that they abandoned the car in Aishbagh, after it developed a technical fault. Bunty along with Parvez and Sonu had robbed valuables from a temple in Astha Sehore.
They took the locker from the temple and after removing the gold and silver ornaments and cash, they disposed the locker at Bhopal Highway. They also confessed to have stolen mobile phones from a mobile phone shop in Ashta.
The four miscreants were identified as Bunty alias Ibrahim (28) of Jehangirabad, Akram Khan (27) of Aishbagh, Parvez (29) of Abbas Nagar and Sonu alias Shahnawaz (23) of Gandhi Nagar. The miscreants have been booked for thefts in different areas of the city in the past. The police have recovered a Tata Indica car, a motorbike, 13 mobile phones and silver and gold ornaments from their possession.