Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate of police have arrested eight members of a notorious ‘Pahadi gang’ in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday.
The accused have been identified as Shersah Kumar Mahato (19), Bhulu kumar Nunia (21), Rahul Nunia, Chhotu Ray, Chhotelal Mahato (19), Sonu Nunia (23), Subash Nunia (30), and Sonu Kumar Nunia. Shuresh, Bhulu, Rahul, Chotu and Chhotelal hail from Jharkhand while Sonu, Subas and Sonu Kumar belong to West Bengal.
Based on an intelligence input, the team of cops conducted a raid in the area and apprehended the accused persons. Also, the police have seized 22 mobile phones, 25 SIM cards, 20 memory chips and Rs. 1.3 lakhs cash from their possessions.
During investigation of the case, it was ascertained that a number of people from Jharkhand and West Bengal used to come in group, they were divided into small group and spread into different parts of Bhubaneswar, Puri, Cuttack etc. & other areas inside & outside Odisha.
They commit theft of Mobile phones from people travelling in public transport buses, busy marketplaces, in festive occasions etc. They work in organized manner along with a cook & operate in different places like bus stand, temple & hospital areas there & commit theft/ snatching of mobiles by creating artificial crowd. There after by utilizing SIM card of stolen mobiles, they manage to transfer money from their available UPIs or accounts attached to the mobile by passing password.
Investigation is going on to apprehend more involved persons and to recover the mobile phones and money which has been illegally taken away. Also, to nab other associates of them who are helping the gang in technical aspect. It is worth mentioning that several cases have been registered against these accused persons in the police stations of Odisha and other states.
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