Gang of inter-state burglars arrested

 The South East Division police have arrested seven members of an inter-state gang of burglars involved a series of thefts across various states, including Bengaluru, Maharastra, Punjab and Madhya Pradesh.

The arrested are: Ranbir Singh, 32, Ram Babu, 27, Dharma, 25, Murugesh, 50, Dheeraj, 32, Beeru, 22, Devendra Soni, 32, all from Madhya Pradesh.

“ They belong to Parthi gang known for house thefts and the prime suspects of the group Kapoor Singh and Raghuveer are absconding. There are warrants pending against them in Madhya Pradesh. Hence, they moved to the City and were absconding,” said Additional Commissioner of Police (East) P Harishekharan.

The Parthi gang members would erect makeshift tents and stay there mostly in open spaces, below flyovers  and near temples. Men and women of the group would form different teams and survey the locked houses on the pretextof selling balloons. The women share details of the locked houses to the men once they were back in the night, said the police.

They would form separate team and strike at the locked houses during nights. They would break open windows or locks of the door to gain entry inside. They would return to Madhya Pradesh once in two months, sell the stolen ornaments and return to the City, said the police.

The police formed a special team after the number of thefts  increased in the South Division.

The police detained Murugan and interrogated him about the thefts in the South East Division. Murugan, a notorious house thief, was jailed four times each at Central Prison, Parappana Agrahara and at Kadapa prison in Andhra Pradesh. He has married a woman of the Parthi gang, said the police.

He disclosed about the Parthi gang members staying in the tents and committing house thefts. They police took a few persons staying at the tents erected at Agara, Sajjan Rao Circle, KR Road and Banaswadi and grilled them. They disclosed the  details of the suspects and provided leads that led to the arrests, said the police.

The police have recovered stolen jewellery worth Rs 35 lakh from the suspects. The inter-state gang was involved in more than 13 theft cases in the City.