Habibganj police have nabbed three miscreants involved in an attempt of robbery of sarees from a Kanpur based trader at Forest Guest House late in the evening on Thursday.
Police said that the victim Mehboob Waris (20), who deals in sarees, was on his way back to hotel Chinar in Mangalwar area when he was asked by the accused about sarees and later after tried to rob him but was rescued by locals and police.
The victim lodged a complaint with the Habibganj police and in his complaint he stated that the accused asked for sarees and then after selecting them they asked to accompany them in their car but as soon as the victim boarded the car they tried to rob him of the sarees and when the victim raised alert locals came to his rescue and nabbed the accused.
The three were identified as Sonu Pal (24) of Jehangirabad, Nakul Pal (39) and Golu alias Ritesh Meshram (34) of TT Nagar. Police said that the Maruti zen car bearing registration number MP09HD8602 was seized by the police. After the preliminary investigation the police have registered a case under section 393 of the IPC and have started further investigation.
Meanwhile, a 22-year-old miscreant in stealing mobile phone from Chairman of Raisen Municipal Council, was nabbed by the Crime branch on Thursday. Police said that the victim Jamna Sen’s mobile phone was stolen during a BJP rally and later in the investigation based on the CCTV footages the accused was nabbed who was identified as Babu alias Kirat Singh confessed stealing of mobile phone during BJP rally on August 18. A complaint was lodged with the TT Nagar police of stealing of mobile phone.