Mumbai: Gang involved in house break-ins busted, four held

Police have busted a ganginvolved in several house break-ins with the arrest of four ofits members from suburban Dahisar, an official said on Sunday.

The accused, identified as Ayyappa Shettiyar aliasShetty (46), Murgan Shetty (44), Naseem Sheikh (21) andJiyarul Sheikh alias Pintoo (38), were arrested on Saturday byunit 12 of the crime branch, he said.

''On Wednesday, these gang members had sneaked into ahouse in Goregaon and decamped with gold jewellery wortharound Rs 18 lakh. The crime branch as well as the localpolice had launched a search for them,'' the police officialsaid.

During the probe, the crime brach sleuths received atip-off, on the basis of which they laid a trap and nabbed thefour accused in Dahisar, he added.

According to him, several offences were registeredagainst each of them in the past at different police stations,including at Juhu and Borivali in Mumbai and Nashik city.

''A part of the stolen jewellery has been recoveredfrom them and two more accused are wanted in the case,'' theofficial said, adding that further investigation was underway.

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