Not ruling out more arrests and their involvement in a series of crimes, an investigating officer said, “As of now they confessed to have committed three offences by using various modus operandi. Stolen booty worth Rs. 30,000 has been recovered from their possession.” Apart from luring and targeting people-especially women and senior citizens on their morning-walks, the gang members also posed as cops to execute their evil designs.
Recently one of them walked into a temple where he gave a Rs.500 note to a woman asking her to give it to the temple priest as an offering with a request to remove her gold ring and chain which she was wearing and touch them with the note before making the offering, since it would bring him good luck. The woman complied. But the encounter ended with her being cheated of the gold ornaments.
All the accused have been booked under sections 419,420 and 170 of the IPC. Further investigations were underway.
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