Three members of a gang involved in as many as 11 cases of alleged theft and robbery were arrested here today and large quantity gold and silver jewellery seized from their possession, police said.
The accused were identified as Nunela Krishna (33), Pureddy Murali Krishna (27) and Gouda Praveen Kumar (24), all residents of Gopalapatnam in the city, while the fourth member, Bola Nagasai, is still at large, DCP (Crime) T Ravi Kumar Murthy said.
The gang was involved in 11 cases of burglary and vehicle lifting reported in the Vizag city, East Godavari and Srikakulam district, he said.
Five kilograms of silver ornaments, 530 grams of gold jewellery and one motorcycle was recovered from them.
Nunela Krishna was a convict in a rape case logded at the Malkapuram police station and was also involved in several property related offences, Murthy said.
"Nunela has a criminal track record and was listed under dossier criminal at Malkapuram Police Station. He had also incurred losses in transport business and later committed offences to clear his debts of around Rs 18 lakh," he said.
After his release from prison in September last year, Krishna formed a gang with Murali, Praveen Kumar and Nagasai. They then robbed five houses at Gajuwaka, four in Pendurthi and one each at Arilova and PM Palem areas.
Acting on a tip-off, Kancharapalem Police nabbed the three members, while a hunt for the fourth member is on, the SCP said.
