Six miscreants, who were planning to commit dacoity at Reliance petrol pump, were sucnabbed by Hanumanganj police and arms were also recovered from their possession late in the night on Friday. Seventeen motorbikes were later recovered during investigation on Saturday.
Four sharp-edged weapons, iron rods and wooden sticks were seized from their possession and during the investigation, they confessed to stealing motorbikes. They confirmed stealing of around two dozen motorbikes and around 17 motorbikes were recovered from their possession on Saturday after raids conducted at places confirmed by the nabbed accused.
The vehicles were stolen from Bhopal, Vidisha and Sehore areas. From city, the miscreants had stolen eight two-wheelers while the remaining are stolen from nearby areas of the city.
In the city, the motorbikes were stolen from TT Nagar, MP Nagar, Kotwali and other areas. City Superintendent of Police Hanumanganj Navratan Singh said that after receiving information of miscreants planning of robbery at around 11 pm, police team was rushed to the spot and it nabbed six miscreants.
The accused have been booked earlier for various crimes in different police stations. Police have started investigation into the matter. It is possible that more crimes would be confessed by the accused in further investigation.
Nabbed accused were identified as Sanju alias Munsi (25), Javed Khan (22), Shahrukh Khan (24), Sohail Khan (19), Shehzaad (23) and Shahwar (19). After the preliminary investigation, the police have booked the six under Arms Act, stealing of vehicles and planning of robbery.