After getting numerous complaints from the locals, the police team on getting information about one of the accused set a trap and arrested all the four thieves on Monday near Nahur railway station.
The Bhandup police have nabbed four accused who had committed several house breaking thefts (HBT) in the month of May.
After getting numerous complaints from the locals, the police team on getting information about one of the accused set a trap and arrested all the four thieves on Monday near Nahur railway station.
The accused have been identified as Vicky Poojari (27), Jay Poojari (24), Chandan Singh (21) and Sonu Jacob (21) who were absconding from the police since many days. According to the police, the thefts reported in the areas of Bhandup, Vikhroli, Kanjurmarg, Mulund, Tembhipadaq, Tulshepada, Konkan Nagar and many other localities.
Taking advantage of the absence of the households due to ongoing vacations, the quartet used to first break the locks and latches of the grills of the house and later used to break the cupboards and flee with all the valuables.
Two of the main accused were previously, residents of the Mulund area and hence they were aware with locality and the residents staying there. Later, they shifted and one by one started looting the houses. The most common pattern in their theft was that the accused to steal during the wee hours of the night and also they would at one instance trespass in more than five houses where on May 15 they trespassed in seven houses.
Deputy commissioner of police (Zone-VII) Vinaykumar Rathod said: "The police took the complaints as a challenge and successfully nabbed the accused. We have seized 50 grams of gold, some valuables, cutter and screwdrivers and other equipments which they had used for house breaking from the accused. After going through the police records, we came to know that there are several cases registered against them in Kanjurmarg, Ghatkopar, Bhandup, Vikhroli, Kalwa and many other police stations. In Bhandup, the police have registered 10 cases of HBT against them. The accused have confessed to their crime and have been sent to police custody where the police are searching for more valuables which they looted."
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