Dr.Thomas (Special Correspondent)
T
he Madiwala police on Monday arrested a gang of four who were involved in over 60 mobile robbery cases in and around Southeast Division.
The accused has been identified as,Syed Firoz, Shabbir Ahmed,Tufail and Barakath.
Senior officer told reporters that the accused are high school drop outs used to move around the residential area snatch mobile phones from people who are talking on mobile phone while walking.
The accused would then remove the SIM and sell it to the people on the road with throwaway prices .
Some of the expensive phones the accused had even sold in online commercial websites.
Based on a series of robberies,a team of police led by Paul Priyakumar and team track down the accused based on technical evidence gathered from the scene of crimes .
Based on their confession,the police recovered 60 mobile phones worth Rs.15 lakh from them.
With their arrest the police cracked six mobile robbery cases and two theft cases reported in Southeast Division,alone.
Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,CH Pratap Reddy,has appreciated Addl CP West,Sandeep Patil, DCP Southeast,CK Baba,ACP,Lakshminarayan KC, PI,Paul Priyakumar,PSI,Kumar Mukhnavar,and other officials and crime staff has been appreciated for the exemplary work done by them in nabbing the four member gang a suitable reward will be given to whole team he added.
