A 26-year-old habitual offender was nabbed by Bajaria police and 25 mobile phones and recharge vouchers worth Rs 69,000 and Rs 20000 in cash were recovered from him.
According to police, Pramod Yadav was nabbed while he was trying to sell the phones.
The investigation officer ASI Dilip Singh told that around a month ago, 52 mobile phones, recharge vouchers worth Rs 1 lakh and Rs 60000 cash were burgled from a Vardhaman mobile store shop in Shankarayacharya Nagar.
After preliminary investigation, a case under sections 457 and 380 of the IPC was registered and further investigation was carried out. On Tuesday, a youth was found selling two mobile phones at a cheap rate and when he was detained and questioned, he was not able to provide documents for the same.
later during interrogation, the youth confirmed that the mobile phones were burgled around a month ago from Shankaracharya Nagar. The accused is from lalitpur, UP and has been booked for around 15 crimes in the past.
Singh told that when Yadav was arrested, he managed to flee while on his way to the police station in lalitpur and was missing for the past several months during which he committed burglary in Shankaracharya Nagar but was nabbed while selling to try mobile phones.
A mobile phone which was having recharge balance worth Rs 55000 was also recovered. However, he was not able to use recharge voucher balance in the mobile phone.