Eintkhedi police have nabbed two members of a gang of burglars planning burglary and recovered sharp-edged weapons, one country made pistol and one live cartridge from their possession at Chouksey Nagar late in the night on Tuesday.
On the receipt of the information regarding movement of suspects at around 3 o’clock in the night on Tuesday police team rushed to the spot and nabbed the accused who tried to escape but were chased and nabbed.
The police were informed after men were signaling using torch. Police quizzed the accused and they confessed that they were planning burglary. The nabbed accused persons were identified as Salman alias Mehfooz and lalu Panthi of Housing Board Colony Karond.
The accused told the police that their three members are serving jail after they were nabbed by Ashoka Garden police earlier while they used to commit burglary in different parts of the city.The crime record of the two would be searched. The two have been involved in crimes. The police have recovered tools which were meant to break the locks. After the preliminary investigation, the police have registered a case under section 401 of the IPC and section 25 of the Arms Act.
Interestingly police found that the miscreants were wearing two pairs of shirts and pants and when they were questioned regarding the same they told that after the crime one of the major identification point are the clothes and when they escape from one spot they shed one pair of clothes in any nearby area to dodge from establishing their identity.