Sleuths of 3 town police station in Visakhapatnam on Thursday broke a gang of teenaged thieves, and recovered stolen property worth around Rs. 1 crore from their possession.
According to inspector Shaik Hussain, the gang of four 19-year-olds are accused of many robberies. The gang was caught when a tip-off alerted the police about one Gumpini Naga Raju being involved in the recent spate of robberies. Naga Raju was caught in Visakhapatnam district.
During interrogation, Raju revealed the names of his accomplices who were subsequently nabbed by the Srikakulam police. The other 3 have been identified as Sarika Ramakrishna, Estham Naidu and Hari Krishna.
The police managed to recover gold weighing about 1.25 kg, 5 kg of silver articles, 1,515 diamonds and 500 other precious stones from their possession. They conservatively estimated the value of these recovered stolen property to be Rs. 1 crore.
The 4 gang-members also revealed the names of others who had bought the stolen property from them, and were selling the stolen goods. The others have been identified as Nagabushanam (35), Suribabu (40) and Appala Raju (25). They all hail from Srikakulam district.
A case has been registered under section 457 and 380 IPC against the accused. Further investigations are on.