Guwahati, Aug 9 : Theft, among so many other professions, is no longer a man’s game.
As city police gave chase to a gang of car thieves at Pub Boragaon on the city’s outskirts this afternoon, shots rang out from the fleeing robbers, one of whom was a woman.
The police fired several rounds in retaliation and managed to apprehend three thieves, including the woman, after a chase that lasted nearly half-an-hour.
A police source said after receiving information about the presence of a gang of vehicle thieves at the rented house of one Haren Das on Kolia Gosain Path at Pub Boragaon, the special action group swung into action.
“As the police team approached their hideout, the thieves tried to flee, opening fire at the police,” the source said.
The source said the police personnel fired in the air in order to scare the thieves. “Three of them were overpowered after a brief chase, while one of them, who was carrying firearms, managed to escape,” the officer said.
The arrested persons were identified as Suman Jha from Bihar, Pranab Das from Rangiya and Jaya Bordoloi from Mukalmua in Nalbari district.
“All of them are veteran car lifters wanted for involvement in several cases of theft,” the source said.
He said Jaya’s husband Jibon Bordoloi, who is a seasoned car thief and kingpin of the inter-state racket, had managed to flee.
The police have launched a massive search to nab him.
A Maruti car, suspected to be a stolen one, and several incriminating documents were seized from the accused, who are being interrogated at Jalukbari police station.
The police constituted the special action group, led by inspector S. Islam, a couple of months ago after the alarming rise in theft of motor vehicles.
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