BHOPAL: Aishbagh police on Tuesday claimed to have arrested two robbers and seized two country-made pistols, live cartridges along with stolen booty worth around Rs 3.5 lakhs from them.
The accused hail from Jhansi and were presently residing in Jehangirabad. They have been involved in committing thefts in trains and have a crime record at GRP Jhansi too. They carried their firearms with them while committing the heist.
SHO Aishbagh Manish Raj Bhadouria said that during night patrolling on Monday, police spotted two suspicious youths near Padmanabh Nagar in Aishbagh. When cops approached them, they tried to run away from the spot. Police team rounded them up and frisked them and found each carrying a country-made pistol along with live cartridges and a saw blade.
SHO Bhadouria said that the nabbed accused were identified as Afroz alias Firoz alias Raees, 29, and Azhar Khan, 19, both natives of Jhansi in UP.
SHO Bhadouria said that during interrogations, the accused revealed of committing six burglaries in Aishbagh, Piplani, Koh-e-Fiza and Bag Sewania. Police 50 gm gold jewellery and 1kg silver jewellery along with an LED TV total worth around Rs 3.5 lakh on the basis of information revealed by them. Police were interrogating them further.
