The police on Wednesday busted a three-member gang that was engaged in looting people at knife point. Three mobile phones, one motorbike worth Rs80,000 and the knives used in the robberies were recovered.
While talking to mediapersons, Superintendent of Police (North) Arvind Saxena said that the three miscreants involved in around five robberies have been nabbed. Acting on a tip off the three people who were roaming in a suspicious manner near a water overhead tank at over bridge road the three were detained and when questioned they confessed to the robberies committed ion different areas of the city.
The miscreants were identified as Farhan alias Mamu (20), Nasir alias Bhaiyya (25) and Ali Zaidee alias Bittu (22). The miscreants are residents of Tilajamalpura and have past criminal records. Ali Zaidee who hails from Aligarh has been booked for murder earlier in Uttar Pradesh.
Robberies have been committed in Gautam Nagar, Managalwara, Koh-e-Fiza and Nishatpura areas. They have confirmed robbery committed near Saifia College in which an employee of Nur-Us-Sabha hotel was robbed at knife point on April 5.
Motorbike recovered from the miscreants was stolen from Gautam Nagar police station area and it was found that the vehicle was registered in the name of Deepak Namdev. In the Nishatpura robbery the victim Kashiram’s fingers were severely damaged when he resisted and caught hold of the knife but failed to stop them from taking his valuables.They have also confessed to a failed attempt to snatch gold chain from a woman near Alpana talkies.