Thane, Nov 8 Police have arrested three persons and solved 12 housebreaking and theft cases in Maharashtra’s Thane district, recovering gold ornaments valued at Rs 11.27 lakh, officials said on Sunday.
The accused, all habitual offenders, orchestrated the crime in collusion with their main accomplice, who travelled from Uttar Pradesh to commit burglaries across Bhiwandi city in Thane district, a police official said, adding that a search was underway for the key accused.
Acting on inputs, the police recently apprehended one of the accused, Shamshuhuda Rais Qureshi alias Golu (36), from Bhiwandi.
Another accused, Sahil Najme Hasan Khan (23), was tracked down and detained from Pratapgarh in Uttar Pradesh, following an eight-day joint operation with the UP Special Task Force (STF), while the third accused, Mohammad Sarwar Fateh Mohammad Ansari alias Guddu (40), was taken into custody from Pune, the official said.
Their interrogation led to the resolution of 12 housebreaking and theft cases in the Bhiwandi area, he said.
“Our team tracked down the habitual offenders through technical intelligence and joint inter-state operations, resulting in the recovery of stolen gold property valued at Rs 11.27 lakh and solving 12 housebreaking crimes across the city,” senior police inspector Shital Raut of Crime Unit-II, Bhiwandi, said.
(PTI News)
