More than 100 stolen mobile phones have been recovered with the arrest of four men in south-east Delhi, the police said on Thursday.
The accused, Vinod (32), Jeetu (23), Roshan (26) and Rajesh (33), used to board buses every morning from various locations in Ashram, Badarpur, Govind Puri, Kalandi Kunj, M.B. Road and steal mobile phones, they said.
Rajesh used to follow the bus in his autorickshaw. After stealing phones, the accused used to deboard and hand over the phones to him and board another bus. They also used to carry arms. With their arrest, 39 cases of pickpocketing and mobile theft have been solved and 108 stolen phones have been recovered, the police said.
