Notorious burglars held

​Hyderabad: Mahankali police on Monday arrested three notorious burglars and recovered stolen articles worth Rs 6.4 lakh from their possession.

The arrested were identified as Noor Mohammed a native of Uttar Pradesh, Shaik Salman Khan and Heeralal Jha of Madhya Pradesh who had migrated to Hyderabad some time ago.

Noor Mohammed was facing charges in as many as 10 cases. He formed a gang with the other two accused and committed nine burglaries in Hyderabad since November last year, police said.

The burglars recce their targets during the day and commit the burglary at night, police said. Generally, they target shops and enter into the shops through ventilators and break the shutter locks from inside and decamp with cash and other valuables, police said.