Five miscreants were nabbed by the crime branch Bhopal from different places recovering three two-wheelers, five gold chains and a mobile phone from their possession.
Acting on a tip off, three miscreants were nabbed from Jehangirabad area. One of the accused Deepak Kumar (21) was nabbed with a motorbike bearing registration number of New Delhi but it was found that the number was fake and a case of theft in connection with the motorbike was registered with the Habibganj police station.
Deepak provided details of his accomplices Mayank Yadav (19) and Nadeem Khan (20) who were later nabbed.
Deepak is unemployed and has criminal record, while Mayank works as security guard with Govindpura industrial area and Nadeem works at a garment manufacturing unit in Azad Market. The three used to steal two-wheelers and after changing the vehicles registration number plates they were later used for robbery. Accused used to snatch bags and gold chains.
The three have confessed to commit more than a dozen robberies in Piplani, Indore, Habibganj and Chunabhatti areas. It is possible that more robberies would be confessed by the miscreants. Another accused was trapped by crime branch Bhopal at Bhopal railway station; police personnel disguised as customers offered to purchase gold chain and while the accused provided the gold chain he was nabbed. The nabbed accused was identified as Shabbir Ali who has been booked earlier for several crimes in the past few years.
Mohammad Mohsin (22) was nabbed from TT Nagar area and police recovered a gold chain from his possession. The accused confessed that the gold chain was robbed from a woman near Katju hospital around 25 days ago.