Nishatpura police have nabbed three miscreants planning burglary and recovered a sharp-edged weapon, iron rods and a bunch of keys from their possession at Chhan village in the night on Sunday.
Police said that acting on a tip off three miscreants were nabbed and when they were quizzed they confessed that they were planning burglary.On the receipt of the information three police teams were formed and raided the spot where the three were planning. The three tried to escape but were chased and nabbed by the police.
In the initial investigation the nabbed accused were identified as Vikas Valmiki (19) of Misrod, Sumeet Khatri (19) of Sadar and Danish Baig of Aishbagh. The crime record of the three would be searched. The three have been involved in crimes in different parts of the city.
The accused confessed that they were planning to target a house in Chhan village and were nabbed before committing burglary. Danish and Sumeet were scheduled to break in and would escape with the valuables while Vikas would keep an eye outside the house to alert them during burglary.
The accused told the police that they planned to target house of Khalid Miyan or anyone having good amount of valuables.
The police recovered sharp edged weapon, rope and torch from Vikas, an iron rod from Danish and an iron rod, mask and bunch of keys from Sumeet. After the preliminary investigation the police have registered a case under section 401 of the IPC and section 25 of the Arms Act.