3 held for burglaries, chain-snatching

HYDERABAD: Central Crime Station (CCS) police on Monday took into custody three persons of a six-member gang for chain snatching and house burglary and recovered gold ornaments, a TV set, mobile phone, motorcycle, camera and a watch, all worth of `8 lakh from them.Deputy commissioner of police (crime) J Satyanarayana told media persons that they have nabbed three accused persons - Mahaboob Qadar, Mohammed Pasha alias Pashi and Mohammad Feroz alias Narru, a history sheeter. “After their release in March 2011, the three committed house burglaries and motor vehicle thefts in Humayunnagar, Panjagutta, Nampally and Moinabad. As many as 12 non-bailable warrants are pending against them in Golconda, Humayunnagar, Panjagutta, Osmania University, Narayanaguda and Jubilee Hills police station,” he added. Two other gang members S K Hasham and Sikandar, brother-in-law of Pasha, are still at large. We have received information that the duo fled from the city and are now in Bangalore and Mumbai respectively, police said.