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CHANDIGARH: After his fellow gang member spurned his marriage proposal, an angry burglar went to police in Sirsa and revealed a string of recent burglaries committed by his prolific gang active in both Haryana and Punjab.

The Sirsa police immediately arrested the man, identified as Vinod of Naraingarh town in Haryana’s Ambala district , and the gang member Rani, who had spurned his marriage proposal and led him to reveal everything to cops in a fit pique and anger. “Yes, their breakup led to their arrest. Vinod was arrested on December 20 and Rani was arrested on Saturday,” Sirsa City station house officer (SHO) Mohinder Singh confirmed to TOI.

Judicial remand for two burglars

Vinod used to live with Rani and her family and had been pressuring her for marriage for a while now. “Initially, he had proposed to Rani. As she refused to marry him, Vinod tried to collect contact details of the owners of the shops they had targeted recently. To settle scores with Rani, he went to police and Rani was arrested after him,” a Sirsa City police official said. During questioning, Vinod confessed the gang had targeted shops in a Sirsa market earlier this month.

“On Sunday, both the accused were sent to judicial custody in the cases of theft registered at our police station. As they confessed to have committed burglaries and vehicle thefts in Naraingarh, other parts of Haryana, and Bathinda and Mansa ditrict in Punjab, police from other areas will take their custody,” the SHO said.

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