Govindpura police have busted a four-member gang involved in pickpocketing and stealing mobile phones from the passengers of city buses across the city and recovered 13 mobile phones worth Rs one lakh from their possession on Wednesday.
Acting on a tip regarding the miscreants stealing mobile phones from the passengers of city buses miscreants were nabbed from Aishbagh and when they questioned they confessed movement in the city buses to target victim and stealing mobile phones.SHO Govindpura police Satendra Singh said that the accused used to move in form of gang and would travel along to divert the attention of the victim.
The gang was busted after a complaint was lodged regarding mobile theft of a victim and when the mobile was traced from Amjad one of the gang members and recovered mobile phone of the victim whose complaint was made and other accomplices were later nabbed based on Amjad’s information, he added. Singh said that the gang members are involved in pickpocketing for long and are addict of liquor and drugs and would sell the mobile phones at very low rates to fulfill their need of liquor and drugs.The nabbed accused were identified as Rashid Khan (29) of Talaiya, Amjad Khan (30) of Aishbagh, Waseen Khan (25) of Raisen and Sudheer Sharma alias Pandit(30) of Aishbagh.
The police have registered a case under section 379 IPC and 41(1-4) CrPC. The details of the gang members would be searched in the further investigation.