HYDERABAD:
Nalgonda police
arrested four members of an inter-state
robbery gang and recovered stolen property worth Rs 46 lakh from their possession on Friday.
The accused,
M Hari Krishna
, D Anji Reddy, Suraj and Jani Pasha have committed 26 offences during the past one year in Telangana and AP.
Nalgonda SP AV Ranganath
said that the gang targets old women staying alone and robs them after conducting a reccee of their houses.
According to police, the main acccused, Hari Krishna, identifies the targets using two methods. “Hari Krishna would move in residential areas looking for old women staying alone and also identifies the targets by waiting near old age pension centres. He would follow old women from pension centres to their houses to identify the potential targets,” Ranganath said.
Once the target is identified, Hari Krishna would rope in other gang members and gain entry into the victim’s house by opening window grills. “The accused threatened the victims with knives and robbed valuables including cash and jewellery,” the SP said.
Police arrested the accused during a vehicle check at Panagal bypass road in Nalgonda while they were travelling on two bikes in possession of stolen valuables.
During interrogation, the accused confessed to having committed robberies in Nalgonda,
Khammam
and Guntur. Police recovered 900 grams of gold, two bikes and five phones from the accused.