Hyderabad: Vikarabad police busted an interstate chain snatching racket and arrested three persons involved in snatchings in the district and in Maharashtra.
The gang used to rob jewellery and sell them in Maharashtra at low prices.
Vikarabad SP T. Annapurna said this is the first time a chain snatching gang was arrested in the district.
The suspects are kingpin Mohammed Javeed and receivers Jahangir Sheikh and Poddar Vishwambhar. Another suspect Rasheed Patel is absconding.
The SP said Javeed runs a tea stall in Chandrayanagutta. He was also involved in gudumba selling, bike thefts and other crimes.
“Javeed was involved in 34 bike thefts. Sixteen of them were in Chandrayanagutta, 13 in Kacheguda, three in Kalapather and two in Shahlibanda. He was arrested by the Hyderabad police and detained under the PD Act in March 2016,” Ms Annapurna said.
After coming out from prison in April 2016 he started snatching gold chains. “From April 2016 to June 2017 he committed 18 chain snatchings in Hyderabad, Sangareddy and Vikarabad districts,” the SP added.
Jahangir Sheikh and Vishambhar hailing from Maharashtra purchased the stolen jewellery from Javeed.
On Friday, while Mominpet police were conducting vehicle checks they found Javeed and Rasheed moving suspiciously on a bike.
When cops asked them for documents Rasheed ran away and police nabbed Javeed. Police found that there were 14 NBWs pending against him in Hyderabad.
The cops recovered 100 grams of gold and remanded them.
