Hyderabad, July 30 -- Five individuals from a notorious robbery gang were arrested by the Jeedimetla police on Wednesday, July 30, on charges of stealing cellular phones. Two motorcycles and nine mobile phones worth Rs 3.5 lakh were recovered from them.

The arrests were made based on a complaint from a 21-year-old woman who stated she was pushed and robbed of her mobile by two bikers while walking towards the Shapur Nagar bus stop on July 27.

The accused have been identified as 19-year-old R Vaijayanth alias Varun, 21-year-old R Shiva, 23-year-old R Naresh Nayak alisa Naresh and Venkat.

According to the police, the five men are serial offenders, involved in several cases of mobile snatching, automobile theft, and other ordinary theft c...