accused confessed during the investigation that they had committed 25 thefts

*Sunil Dutt, DCP East Zone* Arrest of a gang of people stealing from buses and public places. Police arrested one of the 7 member gang from Mallepally. We have arrested a thief named K.S. Makkan and a gold receiver named Praveen Kumar. A total of 343 grams of gold valued at 18.5 lakhs was seized. *Chakravarthy, DCP Task Force* KS Mackan was the mastermind. There are 17 cases against him from 2000 to 2017. In the beginning, they used to divert attention at the cinema halls Now they have formed a team and are doing tension diversion in bus stops and buses. They plan as a team work and commit thefts in buses ignoring the attention of passengers. The accused confessed during the investigation that they had committed 25 thefts so far. In it, a man named Holly is an expert in breaking gold chains. While selling the stolen gold in Afzalganj, we raided with the information of the side.