new delhi a gang of burglars involved in 25 cases of burglary have been busted by the southeast district police a honda city car and jewellery worth lakhs were recovered from their possession they used to recce the houses on the pretext of selling carpets identify the movement of flat owners and then breakin the locked houses to burgle it according to police the arrested accused have been identified as abid 24 ali mohd 29 raj kumar 24 deepak 22 ravi 19 sumit kumar 20 and mohd sahjad 28 a team led by nidhin valsan acp sarita vihar and maninder singh sho sarita vihar received a tipoff about the movement of the gang said mandeep singh randhawa dcp southeast on june 8 during vehicle checking near sports complex in jasola two youths seated on a rickshaw with various household items were coming they tried to flee from the spot when they saw the police the team overpowered them and asked them about the water pumps and car battery that they were carrying in the rickshaw when they didnt give any satisfactory answer the team arrested them said a senior police officer during interrogation sumit and raj kumar told police that they along with five other accused had committed several burglaries and thefts in sarita vihar area they had made a gate pass from the rwas for an easy access inside the gated colonies and after they identify the houses for burglary they used to come in the honda city car with house breakin equipments they also used to carry knife with them to thwart any kind of resistance from the residents or neighbours police said