Lucknow Robbery: Woman ‘queenpin’ gang leader orchestrates robberies to sustain romance with same-sex partner | Lucknow News


Lucknow woman 'queenpin' gang leader orchestrates robberies to sustain romance with same-sex partner

LUCKNOW: For finances to sustain her relationship with her same-sex partner Arshi, 22, a robbery was orchestrated in a jewellery shop in Krishnanagar by Nilofar, 24. The heist on Dec 31 night was the last before she was arrested.
Though uneducated, Nilofar is a gang leader who has used proceeds from her crimes to spend on Arshi. Nilofar was arrested along with her two male accomplices, Aman and Sirajuddin, on Sunday. Two other gang members are on the run.
Police said Nilofar’s operations were cleverly executed. She used to recce her targets disguised as a rag-picker and made a note of poor locking system or shutters that were away from CCTV camera footage and main markets. “She prepared a map and along with her male associates, executed theft operations. The booty stolen was divided among the gang members,” said an officer probing the case.
Krishnanagar ACP Saumya Pandey said police were on the heels of the gang after they cut open the shutter of a jewellery shop owned by Ramendra Yadav of Alinagar under Krishnanagar police station area on Dec 31 and stole valuables and cash. “Four teams working on the case zeroed in on the woman who conducted a recce of the area. The gang was arrested from near Ganga Kheda in Para area,” said the officer.
Police said during interrogation, it surfaced that Nilofar was in love with one Arshi and used to pamper her with all valuables stolen from heists. “Nilofar entered the world of crime in 2018 when her relationship with Arshi became known and her parents opposed it. Following this, she rebelled and started living with Arshi in hotels. Later, when she was unable to feed and fulfil the desires of Arshi, she took to crime,” said the police.
Nilofar trapped men into working for her gang and gave a larger share of the loot to her accomplices, police officers who questioned Nilofar said.





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