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Thieves suspected of catching Covid 19 in Bareilly after robbery in a hotspot

| @indiablooms | Apr 23, 2020, at 11:44 am

Bareilly/UNI: In a bizarre incident, three thieves, of a family, are suspected to be positive for Covid 19 after they went for a robbery in a hotspot area of Subhash Nagar locality in the city recently.

Senior Superintendent of police (SSP) Shailesh Kumar Pandey said here on Thursday that the thieves robbed a house, whose entire family were admitted to the hospital for suspected Coronavirus infection.

SSP said that the thieves who stay near the house, went for robbery after they got infomation that the entire family was admitted to the hospital.

After the robbery, the police launched a manhunt to nab them and got success immediately. But after recovering the stolen valuables from the thieves, the police went for Covid 19 test of the thieves and their reports are awaited.

The thieves had stolen gold ornaments, a laptop, a scooty and Rs 10,000 in cash from the house which were recovered by the police.

The SSP said that along with the thieves, orders have been given for quarantine of the entire police team which caught the thieves along with their sample test.

He also said that all three thieves belong to same family, who are history sheeters and were involved in drug trafficking in the past. 

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