India News | Maha: On the Run for 14 Years, Robbery Accused Nabbed in Beed
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The police in Maharashtra's Beed district on Wednesday apprehended the leader of a gang of robbers, who had been on the run for 14 years, an official said.
Jalna, Aug 11 (PTI) The police in Maharashtra's Beed district on Wednesday apprehended the leader of a gang of robbers, who had been on the run for 14 years, an official said.
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The police have recovered stolen gold worth Rs 2.24 lakh from the accused Sikandar Akhtar Sayyed, who has 35 cases of housebreaking, thefts and robberies to his name, local crime branch chief Subhash Bhujang said.
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Sikandar had formed a gang, whose modus operandi was that they entered homes by breaking windows, the official said.
The accused had been on the run for 14 years, and kept changing his hideouts to evade arrest, he said, adding that he was nabbed on the basis of a tip-off.
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