Crime branch of police nabbed two miscreants and recovered one mobile phone, a sharp-edged weapon and a scooter used in the robbery from MP Nagar area on Sunday.
According to the police, acting on a tip off a youth who was trying to sell mobile phones was nabbed and when he was searched one mobile phone was recovered from his possession and failed to provide the details of the mobile and later confessed that the mobile phone was robbed on December 12, 2016.
The nabbed youth was identified as Vinay Tyagi of TT Nagar and he confessed that he along with Chetan Choudhary of Harshwardhan Nagar robbed two persons in Baghsewania area.
The accused Vinay Tyagi confessed that he was nabbed by TT Nagar for extortion and possession of weapons illegally. Vinay is class XII student while Chetan is pursuing B.Com from a private college. The two are friends and used to spent their pocket money on liquor and wanted to spent
The confessed that Chetan was riding the scooter, while Vinay was holding a wooden stick which was used to hit the victim and escaped with valuables.
The jacket was disposed while the cash robbed was spent on liquor. The mobile phone was recovered from their possession while the scooter used in the robbery was also recovered in the investigation.
Police suspects that the two have committed more robberies in the past and in the further investigation more robberies would be confessed and more recoveries would be made.