BENGALURU: Jigani police busted a nine-member gang of robbers and recovered 100 mobile phones they had snatched from people in and around Bengaluru since February this year.
Kona Vamsi Krishna, superintendent of police, Bengaluru Rural, said: “Operating majorly at night, the accused targeted people walking or riding on deserted stretches. The gang used four two-wheelers to commit the crime. They disposed of the stolen phones to locals, mainly to dailywage workers and those working in industries.”
The accused are P Sanjay, Isaac, Sandeep Kumar, H Rudrappa, N Manjunath, K Sateesh, Ajay Kumar, Pavan and Ramesh Kumar, of Anekal and nearby areas.
According to an investigating officer, an ambulance driver at Anekal was recently found using a stolen mobile phone. The owner, who tracked his mobile, called the ambulance driver and learnt he had purchased it from a youth. The owner brought the matter to the notice of police.
The driver told police a youth sold the phone to him outside Anekal government hospital, saying he was in need of urgent need of money for his mother’s treatment. Trusting him, the driver purchased it for Rs 3,000. “The driver made an online payment and this helped us in zeroing on Sateesh Kumar,” police said.
8 bike thieves arrested
Police caught eight members of an interstate gang that stole high-end motorbikes, including Bullets. “We’ve recovered 25 bikes worth Rs 40 lakh from them. They were resold in different parts of Tamil Nadu after changing the number plates and producing fake documents,” Krishna said.
In all, Anekal cops sol-ved 36 cases, arrested 56 suspects, recovered property worth 1.7 crore, including 50 two-wheelers, 100 phones.
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