Hyderabad: After a month gap, the city police arrested four members of the notorious Kanjar gang from Dewas in Madhya Pradesh for their involvement in a robbery in Hayathnagar. The gang had fled with 647 cartons of cigarettes worth Rs 4 crore on August 19. Sleuths recovered the lorries used by the gang to commit the crime.
The arrested persons were identified as Rajaram Malvi, 52, driver Sunil Chavda, K. Raja Babu alias Satish, 22, and Hakam Singh, 45, all residents of Dewas in Madhya Pradesh.
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On August 19, the truck, bearing the number KA 2 AD 1220, was transporting cigarettes from Musheerabad to Tirupati. When the vehicle with the Gold Flake and Navi Cut cigarette brands reached Pedda Amberpet, around 30 persons arrived in two SUVs and thrashed the driver before decamped with the goods. “The driver, Akhilesh Yadav, 27, a native of Bihar, has been working with Coastal Road Lines for the past six months. When he reached Outer Ring Road, two TATA Sumos and a lorry intercepted his vehicle. They assaulted him, tied him and drove away the truck” said J. Narender Goud, police inspector, Hayathnagar,.
Based on a tip off about a Madhya Pradesh registrated vehicle in the city, the police zeroed in on the Kanjar gang of Dewas. A special police team was dispatched to Madhya Pradesh. On September 10, the police arrested the gang members and recorded their statements, said the police.
Hidden vehicles, which were used to commit the crime, were seized from parking yards at Indore. After producing the accused before a local magistrate, they were brought to Hyderabad on a transit remand.
