Two miscreants involved in robberies were nabbed by Bagh Sewania police on Friday and around 14 gold chains worth Rs4 lakh was recovered from their possession. Acting on a tip off, two miscreants were nabbed from Katara Hills area on Friday. The description of the two was obtained during the investigation of the robberies committed in different areas of the city.
The accused were identified as Mohsin Khan (26) of Raisen and Gulam Raza (19) of Pune district of Maharashtra. Raza has been booked for robberies and other crimes in Pune. The accused used to target the victims on three different routes. The three routes were Anand Nagar to Bypass Piplani, Govindpura and till Bhanpur, Rapadia Bypass to Baghsewania, Govindpura and Chunabhatti to Shahpura, Kamla Nagar and Kolar.
Police said that the routes were selected by the miscreants intentionally as these routes have several connected roads which were useful in escaping. Moreover, elderly women were targeted, they used to ask for information and while the victim used to get busy with providing the information they used to snatch the gold chain and escaped the spot.
During interrogation, another fact came to light that they used to take drugs before committing robberies. They used to take drug around 2 hours before committing the crime and after committing the crime they escaped the city within 20 minutes. They used to remain in the neighboring States and after entering the state they used to dispose the robbed valuables. The miscreants used to return to city after couple of days to avoid arrest.
Before robberies they would recce the area and would target elderly women. Miscreants were nabbed while they were trying to escape to Mumbai.