Inter district gang of burglars busted, five arrested.

Inter district gang of burglars busted, five arrested.

Jammu 19 Mar :_____

In a major breakthrough Jammu Police busted a gang of burglars who had stolen Mobile tower batteries across Jammu and Samba district 

 Acting on a specific information Miran Sahib Police led by sho Aejaz Wani laid a special naka at Kotli Mian Fateh and took into custody one Bilal Ahmed Wani S/O Mohd. Ishaq Wani R/O Baglee Gandoh Distt. Doda A/P Beli Charana Jammu. On questioning Bilal revealed the names of four more associates namely; Mohd. Irfan S/O Abdul Rashid Rather R/O Chinot Badherwah Distt. Doda A/P Belicharana Jammu, Mohd. Saleem Rather S/O Abdul Rashid Rather R/O Chinot Badherwah Distt. Doda A/P Belicharana Jammu, Imran Ahmed Rather S/O Abdul Rashid Rather R/O Chinot Badherwah Distt. Doda A/P Belicharana Jammu, Jamat Ali S/O Mohd. Shafi R/O Nikki Tawi Belicharana Jammu. 

All four of them were taken into custody and on their disclosure 150 No’s of mobile tower batteries valuing Rs. 1800000 have been recovered so far. All five of them were previous employees of various mobile companies viz Airtel / Jio / Vodafone etc. and were having full technical knowledge about mobile towers. The group had purchased a Van bearing no. JK02M-0941 and a Bolero Pickup bearing no. JK02AE-6078 for commission of crime, both the vehicles have been seized. The modus operandi of the gang was that they targeted the rural mobile towers as these towers don’t have guards for protection, The areas targeted by them includes Domana , Jajjar Kotli, Sidhra, Miran Sahib, Bishnah, R S Pura, Vijaypur and Samba. They broke open the doors by using hammers and Screwdrivers.

The stolen batteries which were 24 in no. on every tower were then taken to some Kabari walas where these batteries were sold for Rs. 20000 to 25000. These Kabari’s are being identified and action as warranted under law will be taken against them. As many as 06 FIR’s of P/S Domana , Jajjar Kotli, Gandhi Nagar , Miran Sahib , Bishnah and R S Pura have been solved. More recoveries and more arrests are likely. 

Moreover three incidents of snatching were also solved which happened in;

(i) Narwal in the month of February where a snatching of Rs. 3000 from a lady took place.

(ii) Gandhi Nagar in the month of February where a snatching of Rs. 2000 from a lady took place.

(iii) Bathindi in the month of March where a snatching of Rs. 1500 from a lady took place.

(iv) R S Pura a mobile of a lady was snatched and mobile is recovered.