On Wednesday, the UP police busted a gang of five Muslims who had been dressing up as Knawariyas and stealing mobile phones from devotees in Kanwar camps. The operation was carried out by the Civil Lines police station of  UP’s Muzaffarnagar.

The arrested accused have been identified as Mohammad Bhura, Mohammad Ali, Irshad, Shahzad, and Abid. Four of the five accused are siblings, and all five are residents of Muzaffarnagar district. 100 mobile phones have been recovered from their possession.

“The accused would dress up like a Kanwariya and enter the Kanwar camp at the time when the devotees would be sleeping, and then they used to steal the mobile phones. We have recovered 100 mobile phones from their possession,” police said.