Five held for stealing 3,200 China phones

NEW DELHI: Five persons have been arrested in connection with the theft of around 3,200 mobile phones of Chinese make from a wholesaler in December. Of the five accused, two were receivers of the stolen goods. As many as 2,800 phones—worth Rs 30 lakh—have been recovered from them.
The accused, Deepak, 20, Yashwant Singh, 26, and Sanjay Singh, 24, were involved in the robbery.The stolen goods were sold off to Pramod and Nitin Tomar. Their associates Nitin, Ravi and Suraj are on the run. The additional commissioner of police (central district), Devesh Srivastava, said Deepak was an employee of the wholesaler whose shop was burgled by his gang. He had joined the shop two months ago. He agreed to take part in the heist after his friends assured him that they will not be caught, police said. Wholesaler R P Hasriya informed the cops about the robbery on December 18.
Deepak went missing after the incident, and suspicion immediately fell on him. “Deepak, Yashwant and Sanjay were identified with the help of the CCTV footage of the market,” Srivastava said.
Yashwant was caught on January 6, following which Deepak and Sanjay were nabbed. “Deepak had made duplicate keys of the godown,” added Srivastava.