In a major breakthrough, three notorious criminals were nabbed by Chhola Mandir police near Coach Factory area and four pistols and five cartridges were recovered. It was said by SP Bhopal (North) Hemant Chouhan, while speaking with the mediapersons on Monday.
While speaking with the mediapersons, the SP said that on receipt of information, police swung into action and nabbed three dacoits while two managed to escape. A large number of weapons have been seized from their possession. Three pistols and four country-made pistols, five live cartridges were recovered from their possession.
The nabbed accused revealed that they were planning of dacoity at Ganesh petrol pump in the area. The police have registered a case under sections 399 and 402 of the IPC and section 25/27 of the Arms Act.
The three nabbed dacoits are Raja alias Dharmendra Parihar (28), Ravi Batham (19), Ankit Pathak (19) Out of the three dacoits, two have past criminal record.
Raja was booked for theft, robbery, burglary and dacoity cases. He has been booked for 10 crimes. Ankit has been booked by Chhola Mandir police for robbery and dacoity. During the police operation, two of the accused managed to escape. The absconded accused persons were identified as Vinay and Balram.
Vinay and Balram have past criminal records. He has been booked for 9 cases by Chola Mandir, Nishatpura, Aishbagh, Piplani police in assault, theft, arms Act and six cases of robberies.
Other absconding accused, identified a Balram Pandit, was booked by Nishatpura police for robbery and under Arms Act. The sources of weapons would be revealed during the further investigation.