A joint team of Bokaro Police busted a gang of thieves with the arrest of two of its members and three jewellery shop owners from Jharia Dhanbad district. At least 35 cases of theft were registered in different police stations including Bokaro thermal, Gomia and Bermo that got solved with their arrests, said Bokaro SP Kartik S on Saturday.
Arrested persons have been identified as Md Abtab and Gudu Ansari, native of Jharia in Dhanbad while three shopkeeper namely Bhagwan Verma,Ganga Prasad Verma and Vishal Jhunjhunwala from Jharia. Stolen ornaments including gold jewellery have been recovered from Jewellery shops.
The SP said that the police had arrested the accused following a tip-off. During investigation the accused revealed that there were eight members of team who used to broke open locks of houses in Bokaro steel city, Bokaro thermal and Gomia and sell gold ornaments to jewellery shops in Jharia.