Three members of inter-State mobile theft gang were nabbed from Chhola Mandir area and the police have recovered 14 mobile phones worth Rs 1.5 lakh from their possession.
While speaking with the mediapersons on Friday, SP Bhopal (North) Arvind Saxena said that acting on a tip off regarding two youths who were roaming suspiciously near Best Price Store in Karond area were detained by the police and when they were questioned they confessed stealing of mobile phones and on their confirmation one of their accomplice was later nabbed by the police.
The three were identified as Pratap Mahto (25), Santosh Mahto (23) and Munajir Shekh (19). The three are resident of Sahabganj Jharkhand and were living in the city in a rented apartment at Chhola area. Accused have sold the stolen mobiles phones in Patna, Gorakhpur and Hajipur area in the range of Rs 2000 to Rs 4000. They used to visit the city for stealing mobile phones and after collecting the stolen mobile phones they would sell at different places in their state.
In the month of August, 2014 they stole around 28 mobile phones and disposed all the mobile phones. They returned in the month of November, 2014 and stole 14 mobile phones which they were trying to sell but were nabbed before they could sell those stolen mobile phones. In the investigation the accused used to target the crowded areas and would not stay for long in a city and would change their location frequently to evade arrest.