Central Crime Branch (CCB) sleuths busted a gang of thieves and seized ornaments worth `2 lakh from their possession. The accused used to target temples besides executing burglary incidents, informed Additional Superintendent of Police Shweta Sinha on Firday.
The ASP talking addressing a press briefing informed that two members of the gang were nabbed near Ashish Jeweller, Telghani Naka Chowk who were trying to sell stolen ornaments.
later on their instance the other gang members were held, ASP claimed.
According to police the accused have been identified as Rahul Dixit (28), Sameer Kumar (28), Manoj Dhruv (28), Onkar Yadav (24) all residents of Tilda and Pawan Kumar (24) resident of Sasaholi village Neora. later when cops kept on hammering at the suspects they confessed of crime.
Police informed that the gang on August 10 last had broke into a house at Sankara and made away with ornaments worth `20,000.
On August 22 they committed theft in house of a teacher under Neora police station. The same day the gang burgled two temples at Simga and Pusouri village, where they found silver crown and silver idols.
Further in month of June this year Manoj and Rahul looted cash `29,000 from a person in Neora police station. Similar cases have been registered against them, police said.