Mechanic held with 33 stolen mobile phones in Chandigarh

Chandigarh, June 16

A mobile mechanic who, along with his accomplices, had allegedly committed a theft of mobile phones worth several lakhs from a store in Sector 37 last month, has been arrested by the crime branch of the UT police.

The suspect has been identified as Mani Rattan (27), a resident of Sector 25. He was arrested from Sector 25 yesterday. The police said 33 mobile phones, worth around Rs9 lakh, were recovered from him.

On May 28, Anil Dhingra, a resident of Sector 21, had lodged a complaint that 55 mobile phones were stolen from his showroom in Sector 37 on the intervening night of May 27 and 28. The police had registered a case regarding the incident at the Sector 39 police station.

The police said the suspect claimed that he, along with his three accomplices, had committed the theft “to meet their daily expenses as they could not earn anything during the lockdown”.

The police said raids were being conducted to nab the other suspects, two of whom had been identified as Islam and Rohin. Mani was produced in a court today, which remanded him in three-day police custody.