Members of inter-State gang arrested

By Our Staff Reporter

BANGALORE, JUNE 16. A special police team arrested the members of an inter-State gang and recovered stolen goods valued at Rs. 30 lakhs from them. The gang is said to have looted property worth Rs. 1.50 crores.

The six-member gang headed by Mohamed Haris (30) of Ramanagaram had been operating in Ahmedabad, New Delhi, Hyderabad, Rangareddy District of Andhra Pradesh, Hosur in Tamil Nadu and various places in Karnataka. Haris is said to be an associate of the anti-social, Tanveer Ahmed.

The recovered goods included 65 quintals of sugar, 74 bags of jaggery, 11,000 metres of poplin cloth, 54 colour television sets, tubelights, a lorry, a tempo, two Maruti vans and Rs. 1.50 lakhs in cash.

The members of the gang include Sheik Mohamed Rafiq (45) of HBR Layout, Shameer Pasha (55) of Chamarajpet, Naseer (24) of Bannerghatta, Aslam Pasha (30) of Magadi and Babu (28).

Police said that the accused used to forge documents for the lorries stolen by them and book consignments on the pretext that they were running a transport company. The consignments were being unloaded in their godowns in Bangalore, Hubli and Mysore.

The accused had kidnapped the driver and the cleaner of a lorry carrying coconut oil tins and made away with the vehicle. They were using the lorry for transporting goods after changing its registration. They had also stolen two Maruti vans from Hyderabad and sold them in Bangalore after forging documents, police said.

Many criminals cases had been registered against Haris, Shameer and Rafiq in various police stations in the City and Hoskote in Bangalore Rural District. Haris even contested in the Kanakapura constituency in the 1996 Lok Sabha election. According to police, he polled over 3,483 votes in the election, and has connections with many senior politicians. He was also an accused in the sensational Bombay Hamid murder that took place in Cubbon Park police station sometime ago.

He was also allegedly involved in kidnapping, dacoity, extortion and murder reported from J.P.Nagar, City Market, Vijayapura and Bidadi police station limits. He had been absconding for many years and police were unable to nab him.

The Police Commissioner, Mr. T.Madiyal, who visited the Shivajainagar Police Station, where the recovered goods were displayed, commended the work done by the police team.

The team was headed by the Shivajinagar Police Inspector, Mr. N.Nagaraj.

The stolen vehicles and other goods recovered from an inter-State gang on Friday on display at the Shivajinagar police station.

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