Trickster gang robbing bank customers arrested

Hyderabad: A Bihar-based trickster gang who divert the attention and rob the cash of customers at various crowded banks in the city was arrested by Abids police on Saturday.

The police nabbed the gang red handed by conducting a special Decoi operation in the supervision of SI Ganga Ram and Additional SI S Mohan Rao with SI Naresh and his team overseen by ACP J. Raghavendar Reddy in the direction of Central Zone DCP Kamalasan Reddy.

A surveillance by police in plain clothes at Abids branch of Punjab National Bank. On Friday, the gang was nabbed red handed by the police while trying to steal the money from the bank customers.

After two cash theft complaints were filed at Abids police station, they deployed a surveillance by police in plain clothes at Abids branch of Punjab National Bank. On Friday, the gang was nabbed red handed by the police while trying to steal the money from the bank customers. After taking them into custody, the gang, during the inquiry, confessed the connection with another seven cases of cash theft.

The accused were identified as Pramod Sahani, Bhukhai Sahani, Rajesh Kumar Sahani, Vijay Kumar alias Naveen and Shatrudan Kumar. Police seized a cellphone and some cash from the thieves and sent them for remand after the arrest.