Kanpur Dehat police arrest two shoplifting gang members, recover cash and motorcycle

Police in Kanpur Dehat's Shivli station have achieved a major breakthrough in their ongoing special campaign to control crime and crack open pending cases across the district. The police team has arrested two hardened criminals after cracking a shoplifting case that took place with a trader, and recovered cash, a snatched mobile phone and a stolen motorcycle from their possession.

The two suspects were taken into custody from near Sinhpur Marg following specific intelligence provided by an informer. During interrogation, they were identified as Vaibhav Singh Bhadoriya, aged 22 years, and Sangam alias Chhotu Kushwaha, aged 21 years, both residents of village Lalpur slash Saraiya under Shivli police station jurisdiction.

Police have recovered 29,000 rupees in cash linked to various cases, one snatched Infinix mobile phone along with two personal mobile phones belonging to the accused, and one stolen motorcycle bearing registration number UP77 AX 7919 from the arrested men.

During interrogation, the accused revealed that they operated as part of a gang along with a third accomplice named Ayush Singh Sengar alias Pollard, and specifically targeted traders for their criminal activities. Police investigations have linked them to multiple incidents across different police station areas in recent weeks.

The accused admitted to snatching 24,000 rupees and a mobile phone from a motorcycle-riding trader near Hridaypur. They also confessed to snatching 34,000 rupees in Rura police station area on 25 August. The gang stole a motorcycle from Rahi Dhaba Sikandra on 3 September. They extorted 18,000 rupees from a person in village Shahjahanapur under Satti police station area.

According to police records, arrested accused Vaibhav Singh Bhadoriya already has ten serious cases of theft, robbery and snatching registered against him at various police stations in Kanpur Dehat and Kanpur Nagar districts, including Shivli, Sikandra, Rura, Satti, Panki, Sachendi, Bithur and Kalyanpur police stations. His associate Sangam Kushwaha has four cases registered against him.

Police have invoked section 317(2) BNS against both the arrested accused and produced them before the court. Meanwhile, search operations are continuing to trace and apprehend their absconding associate Ayush.

The police team that carried out the arrest operation included In-charge Inspector Amarindra Bahadur Singh, Sub-Inspector Yogendra Kumar Sharma, Sub-Inspector Ajay Kumar, Constable Arun Kumar, Boby Singh, Atul Pratap Singh, Gaurav Kumar and Dauji.

The arrest was made under the special drive being conducted across Kanpur Dehat district to control criminal activities and solve pending crime cases. The Shivli police station team acted on specific intelligence inputs and successfully nabbed the two members of the gang that had been terrorizing traders in the region through their shoplifting and snatching activities across multiple police jurisdictions.