Beed cops crack mobile shop burglary, arrested accused turns out to be historysheeter with 50 cases

A criminal with 50 cases registered against him in Maharashtra and Gujarat has been arrested by the Beed crime branch for alleged burglary at a mobile shop, an official said on Wednesday. Police said the arrest of Ramniwas Manju Gupta will help them crack other housebreaking cases across Pune Rural and Ahilyanagar districts.

A criminal with 50 cases registered against him in Maharashtra and Gujarat has been arrested by the Beed crime branch for alleged burglary at a mobile shop, an official said on Wednesday. Police said the arrest of Ramniwas Manju Gupta will help them crack other housebreaking cases across Pune (Rural) and Ahilyanagar districts. An unidentified man had stolen mobile phones of various brands from a shop in Beed city on April 19. The crime branch analysed CCTV footage and technical data from the crime scene and identified the accused. The team pursued leads across Thane, Mumbai, Goa and Gujarat, eventually locating Gupta in Diva (east) near Thane, where he was apprehended.