Three member robbery gang arrested by Kengeri police recovered stolen valuables worth Rs.1.5 lakhs

Yogesh K Porwar & Avanth Kumar Kankariya

Alert Kengeri police on Wednesday arrested a gang of three for robbing valuables from the people walking on the road using stolen bikes .

The accused have been identified as Hitesh Kumar,19, of JC Nagar,Vinod Vijay,21 of Mahalakshmi Layout and Vishnuvardhana,20 from Nagadevanahalli.

Senior officer told reporters the Robbery gang were caught when Police Constable Venkataramanappa and two of his colleagues on duty,intercepted them while moving suspiciously in residential areas on Monday evening.

After keeping a tab on the accused for sometime the police confronted the trio riding a bike and scooter and brought them to station for questioning.

A detailed questioning led them to confess that they had stolen the bikes from Byadarahalli and Chandra Layout police station limits.

The Modus Operandi of the accused is to move around the residential areas in stolen bikes to identify people walking and snatch their valuables.

Based on their confession the police have recovered six mobile phones which the accused had robbed in and around the city from different people .

The trio have been arrested and charged with robbery and vehicle theft cases and taken into custody for further investigations.