Piplani police have nabbed fourth member of gang involved in burglaries and recovered valuables worth Rs 1.65 lakh from their possession.
Addl SP Zone 2 Vijay Shahwal while speaking with the media persons on Thursday, said that the accused Anwar Khan (30) was nabbed by Piplani near a tea stall in Salamatpur after receiving a tip off on Wednesday and recovered gold chain and gold finger ring and motorbike used in the crime.
The police acted swiftly after receiving the information and nabbed the accused who was involved in more than 19 burglaries and on robbery along with three other gang members Anwar Khan, Nasir Khan and liyaqat Khan who were nabbed earlier but Anwar remained absconding and was finally nabbed on Wednesday.
Anwar was involved in crime with the gang for the past two years. The vehicle recovered from the accused would be investigated.
Providing the modus operandi ASP Shahwal said that the three accused used to recce different deserted areas of the city and locked houses during the day and would target the houses during the night. The gang used jeep to carry burgled and stolen valuables and as they were middle aged men they evade suspicion easily.
During the investigation, police found that a jeep near the areas where burglaries were committed and later when the jeep was traced the gang of burglars was found and the three accused were arrested while one remained absconding.