Greater Noida: Three arrested for burglaries

The Greater Noida police on Thursday arrested three persons allegedly linked to five burglaries in the city

The Greater Noida police on Thursday arrested three persons allegedly linked to five burglaries in the city.

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Police identified them as Anup Singh (26), Sajid (25) and Anuj Singh (23), all residents of Farrukhabad.

Sector Beta 2 police sation house officer (SHO) Rameshwar Kumar said, “On Thursday, we got a tip that the three were in the area. We worked on the information and a police team traced them. The team recovered five silver coins, three anklets, two gold rings, four gold bangles, one gold chain, one mangalsutra, five wrist watches, ₹28,300, and a toolkit to break locks, from them.”

Police said Anup Singh was the mastermind. He previously worked as a technician with a mobile phone company in Noida, but lost his job during the Covid-induced lockdown last year after which he decided to commit burglaries, they added.

The suspects allegedly told police that they targeted houses that were locked for a few days.

One complainant, Renu , a resident of Sector Beta 2, said that on August 4, 2021, she had gone to visit her sister’s home in Sector Beta 1. “When I returned the next day, I found that the house ransacked. The thieves had fled with ₹1.5 lakh and some gold and silver jewellery and two wrist watches,” she said.

Police said the three had the five cases registered against them under section 380 (theft) of the Indian Penal Code. “They were produced in court and sent to judicial custody,” said the SHO.