Bokaro Thermal Police on Monday busted a gang of mobile thieves and recovered 24 phones from their possession. Bokaro’s Superintendent of Police P Murugan said that the arrested people include Birju Mahto, son of Lal jee Mahto and resident of Babupur muhalla, Chandan Yadav son of Rajendra Yadav, belonging to Tinpahar area and Amrit Mahto son of Inderdeo Mahto of Tinpahar niche tola, all from Sahibganj district.
Police Inspector cum Officer-in-Charge of Bokaro Thermal Police Station, Umesh Kumar Thakur along with Sub Inspector Suresh Ram, and Assistant Sub Inspectors Manoj Kumar Jha and Satari Bandra nabbed the accused near Manjhi tola. During interrogation, they confessed to have committed several offences, including robbery and cell phone theft from weekly markets in the limits of different police stations of Bokaro, Godda, Dumka, Hazaribagh and other districts. Thakur said the gang, in groups of four to six, used to move to weekly markets in different districts and commit crimes. After stealing phones, they switched off the phones and threw SIM cards at isolated places. They later sold the phones at a throwaway price of Rs 2,000 to Rs 5,000 at Sahebganj market. Thakur said that the police have launched a manhunt to nab the leader of the gang, who had lured young men to become part of the gang.