Theft racket busted, 10 arrested in Patna

PATNA: The Patna police on Sunday arrested 10 criminals and busted a gang involved in recent thefts in locked houses in the city. The gang had recently committed theft in two houses near Baba Chowk and Ravi Chowk under the Patliputra police station area in the city and escaped with valuable items.
“Acting on a tip off, a police team led by SHO (incharge) of Patliputra police station Satyendra Kumar Shahi raided Rajiv Nagar (road number 19) and arrested key accused, Sumit Kumar alias Karu, and nine other criminals.The other arrested criminals were identified as Kundan Kumar Patel, Rajveer alias Rajiv, Kanhaiya alias Piyush, Suraj Kumar, Guddu Kumar, Amit Prakash, Pankaj Kumar, Manish Kumar and Rishu Kumar. Two stolen cellphones, a laptop, Rs 10,000 in cash and gold and silver jewellery were recovered from the possession of the arrested criminals,” DSP (law and order) Sanjay Kumar said.
SHO Shahi said Rajveer was the kingpin of the gang. “The gang members used to target locked houses in Patliputra and Rajiv Nagar areas,” he added.