The Girinagar police have arrested a physique builder turned chain snatcher and his companion on Tuesday and recovered gold chains price ₹6 lakh and two bikes utilized by them to commit crimes.
The accused have been recognized as Syed Basha, 34, and his confederate Sheikh Ayub, 32, from Ravindra Nagar, Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh.
Bhasha labored as a cab driver in Kuwait from 2005 to 2015, and was concerned in gold smuggling whereas he was based mostly there Kuwait, the police mentioned. However, on his return to Andhra Pradesh, he took to chain snatching. There are over 20 instances pending in opposition to him in Hyderabad. He was additionally a physique builder and had received the Mr. Andhra Pradesh title. He had taken to chain snatching to fund his vices and lavish way of life, police mentioned.
Two bike-borne males had robbed a gold chain from an previous lady in Girinagar in March. Analysing the CCTV footage of the incident, the police tracked down the bike used for the crime and realised it was a stolen bike. It was parked hidden in Timber Yard Layout. Anticipating that the gang will use the bike once more for committing offences, the police planted a GPS on the bike. Expectedly, the gang which returned to town just lately took the bike out, alerting the police in the method. However, because the battery was low, the GPS obtained switched off sending the police groups monitoring the bike on a mad scramble. However, quickly a number of police groups patrolled the world and efficiently tracked down the bike and arrested the 2 accused.
