The Bilaspur police busted a gang of thieves with the arrest of 14 of its members, who were involved mostly in jewellery theft from residential areas in Korba and Bilaspur districts.The gang, according to the police, was active in CSEB Colony, Karumauha (Rajgamar) and Barbaspur (Urga) of Korba district in the past couple of months and mostly targetted women.
According to their modus operandi, they used to frequent houses and won the confidence of women first and then promised to polish their jewellery and finally, used to escape with the jewellery given for polishing. The police received several complaints of this nature from different localities in these districts. Subsequently, both the districts formed special teams to investigate into those complaints.
The special team of Bilaspur police, during its investigation came across information about some suspicious people active in the district. Acting upon it, the team raided a house in Sirgitti and arrested eight persons from there. Following information provided by them, the team later arrested another six of their accomplices from another location. The police team also seized gold and silver ornaments from their possession.
During interrogation, they confessed to their crime. They also admitted to the police that they were involved in similar crime at several other districts in the State as well. All the arrested, according to the police, hailed from Bhagalpur, Bihar and they belonged to one “Pitambar” gang.