Pramesh S Jain & Dr.Thomas (Special Correspondent)
T
he Bannerghatta police have busted an inter state mobile robbery gang and arrested four member gang and recovered 1037 mobile phones which they had stolen from people in crowded places.
Senior officer told reporters,The gang was busted on October 21 when based o a tip off a team of police led by Inspector Krishna Kumar caught Mohammed pasha and Mohammed Umar while they were trying to sell 100 stolen mobile phones to people on roadside near a private college .
Based on their information the police arrested the rest of their gang members Ayan Aleem Pasha and Mohammed Saleem and recovered a total of 1037 mobile phones from them.
During investigation it was revealed that the accused would operate in gang at crowded areas and steal mobile phones from people after diverting their attention.
The accused would later sell the mobile phones to their contacts for throwaway prices who in turn sell the phones to their contacts in grey market in Tamilnadu,
Kerala and Bengaluru by sending the stolen mobile phones in packed boxes in private buses.
Finally Karnataka DG-IGP,Alok Mohan,ADGP,Law and Order,R Hitendra,has appreciated,IGP, Central Range,Dr.BR Ravikanthe Gowda,SP,Mallikarjun Baladandi,ASP, Purshoutham,PI,Krishna Kumar and his whole team for the good piece of investigation and recovering more than 1000 mobile phones by busting the Inter-State Mobile Robbery four member gang a suitable reward will be given to whole team he added.
