Five-member gang that burgled liquor shops arrested in Firozabad

Agra: A five-member gang of liquor thieves was arrested by the special operation group (SOG) of Firozabad district police in a raid in Sirsaganj area on Sunday night. The gang had burgled two liquor shops in the district in the last 15 days.
The five arrested men include gang leader Bhura, Ranjit Kumar alias Vinay, Tinku Fakeer, Zubair Ali and Shiv Kumar.According to police, two country-made pistols, a car, 15 cartons of beer and nine of Indian-made foreign liquor (IMFL) — which they had stolen from shops under Tundla and Narkhi police station were recovered from them.
Police said the men are school and college dropouts from lower-middle-class families in the age group of 20-25. They used to illegally sell the stolen liquor across the district at less than MRP.
Additional superintendent of police (rural) Rajesh Kumar said, “This was a new gang. Thefts at liquor shops were quite unusual. They found them an easy target. After breaking into liquor shops, the gang used to run away with packed cartons in their car and sell them in the market. They have confessed to carrying out burglaries at two liquor shops in the last 15 days. Following a tip-off, SOG arrested them while they were about to break into another liquor shop in Sirsaganj.”
Sirsaganj station-house officer Girish Chand Gautam said, “The five men were booked under IPC sections 380 (theft in dwelling house), 457 (house break-in to commit offence), 411 (dishonestly receiving stolen property) and sent to jail on Monday.”