Thane: Rural police arrest 4, foil dacoity bid

  • | Sunday | 17th March, 2019

THANE: The Thane rural police arrested four men and foiled a dacoity bid. The arrested accused were involved in a series of house break-ins and various robberies in the Mira-Bhayender belt. Stolen booty worth Rs 6.39 lakh.The police said that the gang was basically active in the Mumbai region and two of them are Malvani residents and history-sheeters.Dr Shivaji Rathod, superintendent of police, Thane rural police, said that on Thursday they got a tip-off that the gang members would target a jeweller from Indralok to Kanakia Road area. A trap was then laid at around 11.50pm on Thursday after which the gang was spotted and arrested.The accused, Mohammed Yusuf Yakib Shaikh, Rajkumar aka Rajan Gupta, Tipu Noor Ahmed Sheikh and Muktar Qureshi were arrested, one Chhotu managed to flee, added Rathod.The police seized iron rods, country-made revolver, iron rods, screw drivers, iron rods, chilli powder and nylon ropes.They confessed to the police that they targeted mobile shops by using gas cutters to cut the shutters or grilles of shops.Our team has seized 54 mobile phones worth Rs 3.39 lakh and six laptops worth Rs 3 lakh along with gas cylinder bottles.The police said that they are finding out their criminal antecedents and accordingly will slap the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act, 1999 (MCOCA).

THANE: The Thane rural police arrested four men and foiled a dacoity bid. The arrested accused were involved in a series of house break-ins and various robberies in the Mira-Bhayender belt. Stolen booty worth Rs 6.39 lakh.The police said that the gang was basically active in the Mumbai region and two of them are Malvani residents and history-sheeters.Dr Shivaji Rathod, superintendent of police, Thane rural police, said that on Thursday they got a tip-off that the gang members would target a jeweller from Indralok to Kanakia Road area. A trap was then laid at around 11.50pm on Thursday after which the gang was spotted and arrested.The accused, Mohammed Yusuf Yakib Shaikh, Rajkumar aka Rajan Gupta, Tipu Noor Ahmed Sheikh and Muktar Qureshi were arrested, one Chhotu managed to flee, added Rathod.The police seized iron rods, country-made revolver, iron rods, screw drivers, iron rods, chilli powder and nylon ropes.They confessed to the police that they targeted mobile shops by using gas cutters to cut the shutters or grilles of shops.Our team has seized 54 mobile phones worth Rs 3.39 lakh and six laptops worth Rs 3 lakh along with gas cylinder bottles.The police said that they are finding out their criminal antecedents and accordingly will slap the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act, 1999 (MCOCA).

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