Valuables worth Rs10 lakh were recovered from three miscreants nabbed from Kati Pahadi on August 31. They confessed to have committed 17 robberies and thefts.
SSP Raman Singh Sikarwar while speaking with the media persons on Friday, said the accused committed the crime in the past three months. The three are part of a larger nexus involved in operating gambling at massive level but they were not able to repay a sum of Rs50 lakh borrowed and after bearing loss around three months ago they rented an apartment in Trilanga area, said Sikarwar.
During the initial investigation police have recovered a country-made pistol, five live cartridges, two knife, chili powder, three masks and tools used in robberies and thefts.
Notably on August 31 three miscreants who were identified as Ankit Solanki (31), Vishal Soni (24) and Sumit Soni (26) all are residents of Indore having several criminal cases registered at different police stations in Indore. Around five miscreants were planning to rob ATM machine and before they could rob they were nabbed by police but two of the accused managed to escape.
The miscreants learnt the tricks from internet and tried thrice but failed in all the attempts to break the ATM machine.