Nagpur: Pachpaoli Police, on Friday, arrested three hardcore criminals, who were planning a major crime, and seized a Skoda car (MH-31/CM-4050), a dagger, a knife and cellphones from them.
The accused have been identified as Mohammad Arif alias Bengali Mohammad Mijan (24), a resident of Majri, near glass factory, Sabir alias Chaku Rajjak Sheikh (22), a resident of Fukat Nagar and Sheikh Sajid alias Pappu Kalya Jamaluddin Ansari (26), a resident of Kamptee.
The accused trio were involved in a s tring of armed burglaries and thefts in Yashodhara Nagar, Gittikhadan, Kamptee, Kalamna, Jaripatka, Hudkeshwar and Sitabuldi. Acting on a tip-off, a team of Pachpaoli Police comprising Senior PI Kishor Nagre, PSI Arvind Shinde, HC Santosh Singh Thakur and others, under the supervision of DCP (ZoneV ) Neelotpal and ACP Parshuram Karyakarte, intercepted their car and nabbed them.
Cops registered an offence under Sections 401 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), 4+25 of the Arms Act and 135 of Maharashtra Police Act, against them.