Three criminals arrested, stolen goods recovered

The Gomti Nagar police arrested three wanted criminals on Monday and recovered three cars, a motorcycle, a revolver and a country-made gun along with other stolen goods.

Those arrested have been identified as Mohammad Imran (who was using a Hindu name Honey Nishad), a native of Delhi. In the state capital he was living in Tikrohi, Indira Nagar.

The other two arrested miscreants have been identified as Surendra Chauhan, a native of Sitapur district and Manoj Kumar Maurya, a resident of Fazalganj, Kanpur. All of them carried a reward of Rs 5,000 each.

According to reports, on Monday at around 1.30pm, cops arrested them from near Eldeco Green, Gomti Nagar, after getting a tip-off from informers.

It may be pointed out that the Lucknow police have launched a drive against wanted criminals.

“For the past few months, all of them were on the police radar. We were collecting information about their whereabouts. They are not from Lucknow but were actively involved in crime here,” said Deepak Kumar, SSP Lucknow.

“During interrogation we came to known about the large quantity of goods they had stolen , including three cars and a motorcycle,” said Kumar.

The three car recovered from the miscreants are a Swift Dzire, a Polo and a Santro.

Cops also recovered a microwave oven, a video camera, three gold rings and four silver coins, apart from a Pulsar motorcycle.

Vishwajeet Singh, station house officer, Gomti Nagar, informed that for the past several months reports of burglary and cars being stolen had become regular . The trio was held after sustained surveillance and close watch , he added.

On the basis of information provided by the miscreants, cops are trying to work out other cases of robbery. All the three have been sent to jail after being produced in court.