Cops nab gang that burgled houses of quarantined persons

Nagpur: New Kamptee police have busted a four-member gang, including a bullion trader, for allegedly stealing valuables from houses of a quarantined family at Ravidas Nagar between July 22 and 25. Police have recovered stolen material worth Rs4.77 lakh after arresting the four.
The arrested persons have been identified as Shaikh Yaseen, Mohd Arif, Shaikh Sajid Ansari and bullion trader Vikas Kharwade. Ansari was arrested from Raipur in Chhattisgarh. Substantial material was also recovered from Ansari.
The gang, which went around searching for residences of quarantined persons, had sold the stolen gold to Kharwade who had moulded them into a brick worth Rs2.56 lakh.
The New Kamptee police led by inspector RR Pal, under supervision of zonal DCP Neelotpal, first picked up Yaseen who was spotted at Ravidas Nagar on the day of burglary. It’s learnt, Yaseen had tipped off Arif and Sajid regarding the family who had been quarantined after a woman was found positive.
The gang had distributed the booty among themselves after the burglary and also sold some of them to the bullion trader.