The Free Press Journal

Kashimira cops nab ‘Bol Bachhan’ gang from Guj

- SURESH GOLANI

Less than a fortnight after they adopted a unique gold touch technique to rob a 52year-old woman at a temple in Kashimira, five members of the notorious Bol Bachchan (term used for glib talkers) gang was arrested by the Mira Bhayandar-Vasai Virar (MBVV) police commission­erate from various districts in Gujarat.

After a brief lull, the gang had resumed their activities to dupe people-especially women and senior citizens in the twin-city, prompting MBVV commission­er-Sadanand Date to depute special teams for nabbing the culprits.

A team from the Kashimira police station led by PSIDhananj­ay Gaikwad under the supervisio­n of Senior Police inspector- Sanjay Hazare intensifie­d vigilance and also activated their core informer network in and around the region. Based on a tip-off that the gang members used to flee the city after committing a spate of crimes, the police team tracked them down from their hideouts in Gujarat.

Not ruling out more arrests and their involvemen­t in a series of crimes, an investigat­ing officer said, “As of now they confessed to have committed three offences by using various modus operandi. Stolen booty worth Rs. 30,000 has been recovered from their possession.” Apart from luring and targeting people-especially women and senior citizens on their morning-walks, the gang members also posed as cops to execute their evil designs.

All the accused have been booked under sections 419,420 and 170 of the IPC. Further investigat­ions were underway.

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