Pune Burglar held booty worth Rs 4L recovered

  • | Tuesday | 12th February, 2019

After committing the burglaries, Ansari used to fly back to Delhi and reach Bijnor by road. His accomplices used to then travel by train to transport the stolen goods to Binjor. The money generated from selling the stolen goods was distributed and spent mainly on merry-making.” “These cases include one from Kondhwa, two from Wakad and one from Nigdi. “Salman’s involvement in a string of burglaries came to light after the arrest of his five accomplices,” an officer from the Kondhwa police said.The police have solved four burglary cases after the arrest.

PUNE: The kingpin of an interstate gang , who used to fly down to the city from New Delhi to commit burglaries, was arrested on January 29 soon after his flight landed at the Lohegaon airport.The Kondhwa police identified the suspect as Salman Ansari (27) of Bijnor in Uttar Pradesh . “Salman’s involvement in a string of burglaries came to light after the arrest of his five accomplices,” an officer from the Kondhwa police said.The police have solved four burglary cases after the arrest. “These cases include one from Kondhwa, two from Wakad and one from Nigdi. We have recovered stolen valuables worth over Rs 4 lakh from them,” deputy commissioner of police (zone V) Prakash Gaikwad told TOI.Salman’s arrested accomplices include autorickshaw drivers Wahid Mansuri (33) and Musharraf Qureshi (35) of Bijnor, who were staying in Nigdi, Riyasat Mansuri (28) from Alandi Road and Rizwan Shaikh (25) from Ajmer. “The custody of another accomplice, Faizal Ansari (22), was obtained from the Uttar Pradesh police,” Gaikwad said.The gang had stolen gold and silver ornaments, collectively worth Rs 71,250, from two flats in Kondhwa and Mohammadwadi on January 15. During investigation, the police got to know that the burglars travelled by an autorickshaw with ‘313’ registration number for committing the crimes.Assistant inspector Chetan More said, “We checked over 150 autorickshaws and zeroed in on Wahid’s vehicle. During questioning, Wahid spit out the names of his four accomplices, which led to the arrest of the others.”About the modus of the gang, inspector Mahadeo Kumbhar said, “The autorickshaw drivers conducted recce and identified housing societies without CCTV cameras. They then ferried Ansari and the others to the spots in the aurorickshaw. After committing the burglaries, Ansari used to fly back to Delhi and reach Bijnor by road. His accomplices used to then travel by train to transport the stolen goods to Binjor. The money generated from selling the stolen goods was distributed and spent mainly on merry-making.”

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