Robber gang busted in Ghaziabad, looted items recovered

Two robbers have been arrested and a number of items looted recently from a law college recovered, Ghaziabad police said on Sunday.

"In a joint action, police and Crime Branch sleuths arrested two robbers from Masuri area who were involved in a robbery committed on September 30 last," police said.

SP (Rural) R.K. Pandey said that acting on a tip-off, police nabbed the two robbers from Inayatpur locality under Masuri police station.

During interrogation, the robbers gave their names as Abid and Suhail.

"They confessed to their crime and disclosed the names of their accomplices -- Samanshu, Saddam, Chand, Nawed and Shahid," Pandey said.

Police recovered 17 LED bulbs, three computers, one water cooler, a room heater, one LED television and a truck bearing registration number UP-16-BT-8317.

A 0.315 bore country-made pistol and two live cartridges were also seized from them, police said.

--IANS

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