Chandigarh: 10 members of jewellery theft gang arrested

Chandigarh: Police have arrested 10 members of an interstate gang of thieves, including women, involved in several incidents of theft in jewellery shops in Mohali, Bilaspur of Himachal and Nalagarh in the last few days. The arrested people have been identified as Ghaziabad residents Ashiya (55), Zaida (55), Asmin (35), Mehrunisa (65), Nargis (42), Khatoon (56), Sajid (34), Munne Khan (45), Nazim (45) and Insar (56). Police have recovered two cars, 92 grams of gold jewellery and 1.85 kg of silver jewellery from the arrested people. All the accused are relatives of each other. They have committed thefts in jewellery shops in Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan and UP. The gang members used to enter the shops wearing fake jewellery and cleverly replace the jewellery with real jewellery. They also used to steal jewellery by engaging the shopkeeper in conversation. He was arrested on October 4 from two places in Panchkula and near the toll plaza in Sarsawan.