Jamalpura police on Sunday arrested a miscreant on the charge of his involvement in three robberies in Bagh Sewania area in the past one year and recovered valuables worth Rs95,000 from his possession.
The miscreant has been identified as Kasim Irani of Hoshangabad and belonged to Irani Drea of Piparia. Police said Irani was arrested while he was trying to sell some gold chains in Kapda market area after a tip off. When questioned regarding the gold chain and motorbike, he was not able to provide satisfactory reply, after which the motorbike and gold chains were seized.
Police said that the motor bike used by the miscreant was the link which helped in nabbing the miscreants as Pulsar 200 cc motorbike used in the robberies was found in the footages of the nearby CCTV cameras installed in the nearby areas. The police managed to reach the miscreants but they were fortunate to escape in the last two attempts of nabbing them and were finally nabbed by the police.
Police said that Kasim used to drive the motorbike while Iqbal used to snatch gold chain. Kasim’s nephew Iqbal who was involved in the crimes with Kasim but he is still absconding. After committing robbery the accused used to escape from the city and would stay in different cities for weeks and would return later. The accused was not able to provide documents of the motorbike bearing registration number MP04-XM -8824 which suggests that the motorbike might been a stolen one said Police. Kasim was booked earlier for robbery, theft and bullying in Indore.