Published Dec 01, 2022 | 3:10 PM ⚊ Updated Dec 01, 2022 | 3:57 PM
Inter-state dacoits arrested in Mangaluru. (Representational Image/Creative Commons)
The City Crime Branch (CCB) police have arrested nine members of the notorious interstate “Sahib Ganj” dacoity gang while they were trying to loot a jewellery shop at Thokottu under the Ullal police station limits in Mangaluru.
Police sources said the gang was trying to drill a hole into the shop’s wall. After receiving a tip-off that nine strangers were residing at a rented house at Manchila in Ullal, the police raided the house and took them into custody.
The arrested have been identified as Bhaskara Belchapada (65) of Gandhiwadi in Gujarat, Dinesh Rawal (38), Bista Roop Singh (34) and Krishna Bahadur Bogati (41), all natives of Nepal, Mohammed Zamil Sheikh (29), Inzamam Ul Haque (27), Imaddul Razak Sheikh (32), Bivul Sheikh (31), and Imran Sheikh (30), all residents of Jharkhand.
The police also confiscated three scooters, a gas cutter, an oxygen cylinder, a gas cylinder, a gas cutting nozzle, and many other items used for dacoity.
Sources said the accused are members of the notorious Sahib Ganj gang of North Indian origin. They had come to Mangaluru by train 15 days ago with the intention of looting the Super Jewellery shop at Thokottu in Ullal.
The gang members were initially staying at a lodge in Thokottu and later shifted to a rented house at Manchila.
The value of the things confiscated from the arrested is ₹2.9 lakh, the sources said.
The accused had robbed three scooters recently from commuters from three places around the city by attacking them with iron rods.
They used to move around on the scooters with local number plates to avoid any suspicion. All the accused have several cases registered against them in many states, sources said.
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