Police have so far recovered cash and valuables worth nearly Rs 28 lakh stolen from devotees during recently held Krishna Pushkar festival and arrested five persons from two gangs.
"The Crime Investigating Division has so far recovered Rs 27,82,300 from 120 offenders of as many as 25 notorious criminal gangs who were indulged in looting either cash, gold ornaments or other valuables like cell phones etc," stated Commissioner of Police Goutam Sawang.
Police today arrested five members, including two women, from two different gangs and recovered Rs 2l lakh in cash and 103 grams of gold from them, he stated in a release.
He said these gangs are operational in various states.
"These gangs maintain time tables of religious events across the country and reach these places in advance to loot people," the top cop said.
Explaining the modus operandi, he said the gang members disguise themselves as devotees by mingling in crowd and flick goods by diverting attention of their targets.
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