Ghaziabad: Inter-state burglary gang busted, 4 held

  • | Friday | 28th September, 2018

GHAZIABAD: The crime branch on Thursday busted an inter-state nomadic gang which was allegedly involved in several thefts and robberies on the outskirts of Ghaziabad , Haryana and Delhi. Four members of the gang have been arrested.The accused have been identified as Akbar, a resident of Masuri, Yusuf, Samshu, and Gunga, all residents of Meerut. “They always targeted their victims during the night hours and avoided wearing even slippers during the attack. They used to thrash their victims and tie them up before conducting the robbery and fleeing with valuables,” the SSP added. They also snatched a mobile phone and wallet from a commuter on the Eastern Peripheral Expressway on September 24.

GHAZIABAD: The crime branch on Thursday busted an inter-state nomadic gang which was allegedly involved in several thefts and robberies on the outskirts of Ghaziabad , Haryana and Delhi. Four members of the gang have been arrested.The accused have been identified as Akbar, a resident of Masuri, Yusuf, Samshu, and Gunga, all residents of Meerut. Two of their accomplices, Naushad and Mehboob, are absconding.The gang belongs to a nomadic tribe and used to set up tents along the roadside, shifting its base frequently to avoid suspicion, police said.On Thursday, police got a tip-off that the gang members were staying in a tent set up near Rawali road. A crime branch team conducted a raid and arrested four persons.The accused had broken into the house of a labourer working at a sugarcane crusher unit in Muradnagar on September 5 and robbed him of Rs one lakh and jewellery. They also gang-raped his 60-year-old wife. Three of the arrested accused have confessed to sexually assaulting the elderly woman, police said.Talking about the gang’s modus operandi, SSP Vaibhav Krishna said, “The gang members always targeted secluded houses located on the outskirts of the city. They chose people from the lower strata of the society, as they believed that victims from this category seldom come forward to report cases with police.”During interrogation, the accused revealed that they would set up tents within the radius of 10-12km of their targets. One of them would pose as a cowherd and conduct a reccee of the area. “They always targeted their victims during the night hours and avoided wearing even slippers during the attack. They used to thrash their victims and tie them up before conducting the robbery and fleeing with valuables,” the SSP added. It is also being suspected that they sexually assaulted women during the robbery.Before the September 5 robbery-cum-gang rape, the accused had robbed a temple priest from the village on September 1. They also snatched a mobile phone and wallet from a commuter on the Eastern Peripheral Expressway on September 24.

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