Gautam Nagar police have busted a three-member gang of robbers and recovered 13 gold chains worth Rs3 lakh and a motorcycle on Sunday.
While speaking to mediapersons, Superintendent of Police Bhopal (North) Arvind Saxena Bhopal told that the Nadeem alias Nadeem Bada (20), Feroz Khan (22) and Kishwar Khan were nabbed from Gautam Nagar area when they were trying to sell the robbed gold chains with the help of their woman accomplice Kishwar Khan.
The miscreants fearing they might get caught while selling the robbed gold chains, Nadeem approached a woman of his locality who works at a jewelry shop in the old city. But before they could sell the gold chains acting on a tip off, the miscreants were nabbed with the valuables, he added.
The miscreants used to target single woman. Pedestrian woman were preferred as targets. The nabbed miscreants used to steal motorbikes for committing robbery and used to dump the motorbike at secluded place after the crime.
The miscreants accepted to have confirmed 13 robberies in Kotwali, Koh-e-Fiza, Shahjehanbad and Gautam Nagar police station area.
The police have recovered 8 gold chains from Nadeem, 2 gold chains from Feroz and 3 gold chains from Kishwar. Nadeem and Feroz met in jail while serving their term.