The district crime branch sleuths busted a notorious gang of thieves and recovered cash and valuables worth Rs50,000. In another case, the sleuths rounded up gamblers in a farm house located in Amleshwar area of the city and seized cash amounting to Rs25,000 from their possession.
According to the police, on receiving information that the members of the gang ‘Pardhi’, identified as Punit Ram Pardhi (24), Rohit Pardhi (23) and Champa Pardhi (32), hailing from Berla area of Bemetara were trying to sell some ornaments in Jamul on the outskirts of city where a trap was laid for the accused. The trio were held and questioned about the source of ornaments in their possession. During cross-examination, the accused told sleuths that about 15 to 20 days back they had sneaked into a house located in Bemetara and had made away with gold and silver ornaments. The market value of the seized ornaments is about Rs50,000, police said.
In another incident, the sleuths conducted a raid in the Amleshwar area and arrested 13 persons who were engaged in gambling activities. The raid was conducted in the farmhouse of Shesh Thakur, police said, adding, “the team had received inputs that people from Raipur used to go to the farmhouse for gambling. They have been booked under the relevant sections of Gambling Act.”