24/2/2018
PUNE: Running a
nursery and a garland business during the day and committing burglaries at
night, a gang of four men broke into at least 14 flats since 2015. They,
however, ran out of luck and landed in police net on February 12.
“We have solved 14 cases of house break-ins and recovered
stolen goods worth Rs 25 lakh from Jagashi Butiya (50) and his nephews, Bharat
Butiya (35), Jayanti Butiya (32), and Rakesh Waghmare (32) since their arrest
on February 12,” Basavraj Teli, deputy commissioner of police (zone-I), said in
a news conference.
The Butiyas, originally from Gujarat, used to run a nursery
near their residence in Somatane Phata in Wadgaon Maval, Teli said, adding that
Waghmare is their relative and hails from Dehu Road.
During interrogation, the suspects revealed that they had sold
the stolen items to the employee of a jewellery shop in Talegaon Dabhade. “We
have arrested the jeweller’s employee, Shankar Barui (39) of West Bengal, and
recovered 631g gold and 4kg silver ornaments, collectively worth Rs 25.45 lakh,
from him,” Teli said.
The gang was committing burglaries in the Kothrud and
Karvenagar areas for the past three years. On February 12, police marshals
Bhavrao Damse and Gaus Mulani of the Alankar police noticed three men
travelling by a car in Karvenagar. “We stopped the car and found equipment like
crowbars, cutters and screw drivers with the occupants,” Mulani said.
Senior inspector Rekha Salunkhe told pune-news.com that during questioning, the suspects admitted that
they had broken into a bungalow on January 29 in Sahakarnagar and made off with
valuables worth Rs 5.5 lakh. The investigating team comprised constables Nitin
Kamble, Rajendra Landge, Usman Kalyani and Shrikant Chavan. “We are expecting
to detect more cases,” Salunkhe said.
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