Parmesh S jain
The City market police arrested a gang of three who had robbed two employees of a jewellery shop in Chickpet in May last year .
The accused has been identified as,Mohammed Farhan,Nadeem Pasha,Salman Pasha.
Senior officer told media persons,a complaint was registered by employees of Jewellery shop who stated in their complaint that a group of armed men broke open the jewellery shop shutters and they were sleeping inside as it was lockdown time during Covid and they used to sleep in shop only at the same time in the wee hears a group of assailants armed with lethal weapons threatened two employees sleeping inside and robbed their valuables worth Rs 3 lakh the owner of the shop stated in his complaint.
Based on the complaint,the police inspector,BG Kumaraswamy and his crime team visited the shop and after inspecting the shop and after verifying the CCTV footage the team got their identity.
The team kept a close watch on the accused and arrested them after they returned to the city as they were absconding since the crime.
The team using technology and police intelligence secured all their trio and during investigation the accused confessed the crime and they even revealed that they were involved in three more house break thefts reported in the city market,and a special team are on the lookout for two more accused who are on the run.
Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP West,Sandeep Patil,DCP West,Dr Sanjeev M Patil,ACP,P Ravikumar,PI,BG Kumaraswamy and his team as,Bhagvanthraya Patil,ASIs,as,Ramesh, Shivanna,Srinivas,HCs as,Vijay Kumar,Rajanna,Manjunath,Channappa, Monegowda,PCs,as,Mahanthesh,Mahesh, Shivappa Sajjan and Kiran Kumar for the exemplary work in nabbing the armed robbery gang after almost 8 months a special reward will be given to the team he added.