District Police busted a gang of house thieves

5 Dariya News

S.A.S. Nagar 27-Oct-2022

SSP Mohali Viveksheel Soni (IPS) informed Press that team of Mohali Police consisting of SP (City) Sh. Akashdeep Singh Aulakh, DSP (City-1 Mohali Sh Harinder Singh Mann, SHO Matour Insp. Naveenpal Singh,SHO Airport Insp Gabbar Singh & HC Lakhwinder Singh investigated FIR no 91 dated 20.08.2022 and  traced a gang of house thieves with the help of technical input, human input and CCTV footages. Team has succeeded in apprehending the accused and traced 3 incidents of house breaking and one attempt and recovered stolen jewelry and other items.

Accused (who used to break houses)

1. Shyam Mandal s/o Kishan Mandal r/o Dhoi PS sadar Darbhanga, Bihar

2. Amit Dubey s/o Rajwinder Dubey r/o Harpur PS Mhamadpur Distt Goplaganj

Accused (who used to purchase stolen items)

3. Santosh Kumar s/o Joginder Shah r/o Darbhanga, Bihar

4. Lallan Prasad s/o Shiv Shanker Shah r/o Darbhanga, Bihar

5. Ajay Mahipal s/o Satya Narain Mahipal r/o Darbhanga, Bihar

Modus Operandi

The accused used to identify locked houses without cctv cameras during day and after doing recce used to commit burglary during night. The accused used to leave for their native state Bihar after committing 3-4 thefts to avoid detection.

Recovery (total value approx Rs 80 lakhs )

1. Gold and diamond jewelry 767.73 gm ( 76 tolas )

2. Silver jewelry 661 gm

3. Cash Rs 11 lakh

4. USD $ 6000

5. 1 Revolver and 4 live cartridges

6. 3 watches

7. 1 motorcycle no PB65AV5853 CT 100 (used in thefts)

8. Iron rod L shape (used in thefts to break open houses)

9. 1 screw driver and set (used in thefts to break open houses)

10.    Bagpack (used in thefts )

11.    Weighing scale  (used in thefts)

Previous FIRs on accused

1. FIR no 104/2019 u/s 457 380 411 IPC PS Balongi

2. FIR no 240/2019 u/s 457 380 IPC PS Sec 36 Chandigarh

3. FIR no 178/2019 u/s 457 380 IPC PS Ph1 SAS

4. FIR no 147/2015 u/s 457 380 379 411 454 473 IPC PS City Kharar

5. FIR no 187/2015 u/s 457 380 IPC PS Mataur

6. FIR no 49/2018  u/s 457 380 392 394 411 IPC PS Mataur

7. FIR no 263/2021 u/s 457 380 120B IPC PS Mataur

8. FIR no 25/2022  u/s 457 380 IPC PS Mataur

9. FIR no 91/2022  u/s 457 380 IPC PS Mataur