Fleeing on high-speed bikes, hiding them in trucks: Cops bust gang of burglars ‘in Dhoom style heist’

The investigation team had gathered intelligence on these suspects for some time. They recently received concrete inputs about the movement of the suspects who were part of this gang. Accordingly, a trap was set on the night of December 6 within Chakan police station limits on the Pune–Nashik Highway at Waki–Chakan. During the operation, a white Tata tempo was spotted with an unregistered motorcycle in the back and three men seated in the cabin. As the team approached the vehicle, the suspects attempted to flee. However, Crime Branch officers and staff used force and restrained them.

The arrested suspects were identified as Mosin Shaukat Ali Sheikh (32), a resident of M-Block, Meerut, Udayveer Malkhansing Sahasi (36) resident of Jaybhim Nagar, Meerut and Vinay Kumar Gangasaran (34) resident Kharkhoda, Meerut. On searching the suspects, police recovered tools used for burglaries. The tempo, the unregistered motorcycle, gold and silver ornaments and cash were also recovered from their possession.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Dr Shivaji Pawar said, “During the interrogation, the suspects revealed that they had travelled from Meerut to Pimpri Chinchwad by hiding their motorcycles inside the tempo. After executing burglaries at their target locations, they rode 100–150 kilometres on high speed bikes to avoid detection by police. They would then load the motorcycle back into the tempo at a secluded spot and return to Meerut thus executing the heist and escape in Dhoom style.”  Senior Inspector Santosh Kasbe from Unit 3 of the crime branch said, “With their arrest we have detected house-break-ins reported in Dighi, Chakan, Kalewadi and Sangvi from earlier this year. Our probe suggests that these suspects have executed heists in Delhi and in Odisha in the same manner.”

Probe of the case was closely monitored by Police Commissioner Vinoy Kumar Choubey, Joint Police Commissioner Dr. Shashikant Mahavarkar, Additional Police Commissioner Sarang Awad, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Dr Shivaji Pawar and Assistant Commissioner of Police (Crime) Dr Vishal Hire.

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