A gang of miscreants involved in robberies and burglaries has been busted by Ashoka Garden police and have recovered valuables worth Rs 2.5 lakh from the robbers’ possession, said DIG Raman Singh Sikarwar while speaking with the mediapersons on Wednesday.
Muslim Irani was nabbed on May 31 with a car carrying gold and silver jewelry who confessed that Abbas Irani and Rashid Irani , Sagar and others of Aman Colony targeted a jewelry shop in Salmatpur in Uttar Pradesh and provided her jewelry for selling but before he could sell the jewelry he was nabbed by the police and later when they were questioned they confessed that Firoz alias Chotu Khan (36), Ghulam alias Paapli (35)and Sagar Mishra alias Jai Rajak of Karond were involved in the crime said Sikarwar.
Based on the information three were nabbed and when questioned they confessed burglaries in Ayodhya Nagar, Govindpura and Kolar areas.
Eight gold chains weighing 90 gm were nabbed from their possession.
The miscreants used to target lone woman and woman commuters on two wheelers in the early morning and late evening hours at deserted places.
Providing modus operandi police said that for committing robbery they would steal a motorbike and would use the same bike for robberies and later the motorbike was abandoned in parking spaces and crowded places. The nabbed have been sent under police custody for further investigation. Two of the accused Shera Irani and Hanes Irani are absconding and search for the two has been intensified.