Pramesh S Jain & Yogesh K Porwar
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he CCB officials arrested a gang of three armed gang who were robbing mobile phones and valuables from passers-by in and around the city since for the last two months.
The accused are resident of Assam and Marathahalli area who used to receive the booty from the gang were also arrested .
With their arrest the police managed to recover 621 mobile phones worth Rs.50 lakh which they had sold it to two persons from Marathahalli .
Based on a series of mobile robbery incidents, the CCB officials stepped up investigations and with the help of local intelligence network managed to track down the gang near Kadubisanahalli bridge in a car waiting for their prey on Wednesday evening.
While the police pin down three persons,two others managed to escape.
Investigations revealed that the accused are from Assam had come to city and stayed in different locations to commit robbery.
The accused would move around the city especially during night in a car armed with lethal weapons target passers-by moving alone .
The accused have been taken into custody while efforts are on to track down their two associates who are on the run.
Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner CH Pratap Reddy has appreciated Joint CP Crime Raman Gupta DCP Crime-1 Dr SD Sharanappa ACP,TV Suresh,PI,Raju and his crime team and other staff for the exemplary and meticulous investigation in nabbing the five member Extortionist gang who has given sleepless nights to many by robbing their mobile a suitable reward will be given to whole team he added.
