Based on the CCTV footage officials of the VP Road police station recovered after a couple of shops were looted in Charni Road, the trio which executed the crime was arrested on December 14. Investigation revealed that the three were a part of the same gang that had looted six shops in the same locality in September and returned to loot the two shops they failed to break-in during their first attempt. Later, based on the trio’s revelation, three of their accomplices were nabbed on December 17.