Crime branch police have nabbed two youths including a minor involved in robberies in different parts of the city and recovered one robbed mobile phone and Rs 2,000 cash from Ashoka Garden on Sunday; third accused who is minor is absconding said police. Acting on a tip off, regarding a youth trying to sell a mobile phone at very low price a police team reached the spot and nabbed the accused and when he was searched one mobile phone was recovered from his possession but he was not able to provide the details of the mobile phone.
later he confessed that the mobile phone was robbed from Arera Hills area on December 22, 2016. In the initial investigation accused was found to be minor and he told the police that he had been provided the mobile phone for selling by Shubham Mishra. Based on the information Mishra was detained from his house in Iqbal Colony in Ashoka Garden. Mishra confessed that he along with his friend Akshay Rathore have robbed a bag carrying one mobile phone and Rs 15,000 cash on December 22, 2016. The money was equally divided between us and later we decided to sell the money by selling mobile phone and sent nabbed minor accused with the mobile phone but he was nabbed.
The absconding accused Akshay is a resident of Old Subhash Nagar and is a student of class X. Mishra is pursuing engineering from a private college.