Police bust gang of robbers; two nabbed with looted automobile
Police busted a prison gang and nabbed two key members close to Uthretiya bridge right here on Sunday. The gang was concerned in concentrating on SUV house owners and robbing them of their valuables and automobiles.
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As per the gang’s modus operandi, the members posed as harmless bystanders in want of help, convincing unsuspecting SUV house owners to supply them lifts. As soon as contained in the automobile, the criminals would then proceed to rob the house owners of their valuables and belongings and sped away with their automobiles.
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“The gang was busted after the February 21 incident the place the lads looted one Vivek Kumar Singh of Lucknow in the identical method following which police fashioned a three-member workforce after registering an FIR at Sushant Golf Metropolis police station to nab the gang members,” stated Shashank Singh, ADCP, South.
The sufferer informed police that when he was driving from Mohanlalganj to Faizabad street he was approached by 5 males who requested for a raise. They stated their automobile wherein they have been travelling had developed some fault. He allowed the lads to get into his automobile. Nonetheless, simply after a couple of minutes, the lads begged him to tug over on the aspect of the street to alleviate themselves. He bought out of the automobile with two accused when impulsively, three different members of the gang sped away together with his automobile.
“Throughout the investigation, the CCTV cameras have been scanned and the automobile was traced in three places together with Lucknow, Kanpur and Unnao earlier than police nabbed two out of the 5 accused on Sunday close to Uthretiya bridge with the assistance of informer’s tip-off,” the ADCP stated including that two automobiles together with the one stolen on Feb 21 and a automobile used within the crime have been additionally seized. Police additionally added that among the many five-member gang, two are minors.
Police stated that Ashish Kumar Dubey, 27, is the prime accused who runs a dhaba within the Mohanlalganj space whereas the opposite accused Krishna Kumar Yadav, 24, additionally a resident of the identical place labored at Ashish’s dhaba.
Throughout the police interrogation, the accused revealed they’d borrowed a automobile from their pal to attend a marriage and have been searching for a goal once they noticed Vivek’s automobile. “The boys additionally revealed that the opposite three have dedicated comparable loots in different areas for which they’ve beforehand gone to jail. The opposite three accused have been arrested earlier,” stated the ADCP.
