The city police have busted a gang of thieves involved in three thefts in different parts of Patel Nagar area of State capital. The Superintendent of Police (SP) city, Ajay Singh said that police team set up in wake of thefts got a tip off about thieves and arrested them near hotelcastle in Patel Nagar onSaturday.
The arrested are Rahul a resident of Brahampuri, Gulfam and resident of Chamanpuri and Abdul Ansari (juvenile offender) a resident of New Patel Nagar.
The SP City said that the culprits have accepted their involvement in the three thefts in the houses of S P Kukreti, Mukund Madhav and Santosh Thapar on June 27, July 03 and July 17 respectively. Incidentally all thefts occurred in the localities falling under the Patel Nagar police station area. Singh said that the culprits used to do a recce of the houses during day time before the break-in in night.
The police team has recovered a DVD player, mobile phones and jewellery estimated worth Rs1.30 lakh from their possession. The team was headed by Sub Inspector (SI) Vikram Singh Rawat and included SI Rajendra Pujara, Head Constable Harimohan, Constable Ajit Aswal, Constable Sahadev Tyagi and Constable Sunil Kumar.