Teenaged robbers arrested in Rangareddy

HYDERABAD: The Rangareddy district police on Friday night arrested three teenaged robbers, who were allegedly involved in over 100 offences in the district and recovered stolen property worth Rs 15 lakh from them. The recovered property included a Maruti car, three motor cycles, a television and gold ornaments. The accused — Habeeb Hassan, Sameer Roshan and Mohammad Shabbir — are part of an eight-member gang, which specialised in committing offences by removing the window grills of houses.Addressing a press conference, Rangareddy district superintendent of police M V Ramachandra Raju said the gang mastered the technique of removing the window grills to gain entry into houses to commit robberies. The SP said the gang was involved in 32 robberies, 6 dacoities wherein they assaulted the inmates, 66 burglaries and four thefts in the district during the last one year. Ramachandra Raju pointed out that in several cases, the offenders managed to enter the houses through rear doors, because they were not bolted properly.