By: Express News ServiceNew Delhi | November 8, 2025 05:31 AM IST 4 min readUnder the guise of a fruit seller, he meticulously plotted and executed multiple bank heists across states in the last six years with other gang members using high-tech equipment. When Kamrul Mamu (51) was traced in Mahavir Enclave of West Delhi earlier this week and arrested eventually on Friday, he was still selling fruits on a cart.“The accused, Kamrul alias Mamu, is the leader of an organised interstate criminal gang, commonly known as the ‘Mamu Gang,’ actively involved in bank burglaries across multiple states, particularly in Karnataka and Maharashtra,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime Branch) Harsh Indora. “By day, he posed as a humble fruit seller, quietly studying bank premises, observing staff routines and mapping security loopholes. By night, he led his men to strike with precision — breaking into vaults and disabling alarms.”He was wanted in three major bank burglary cases in Karnataka alone but his gang’s innovative modus operandi allegedly kept them one step ahead of law enforcement, according to officers. “A non-bailable warrant was issued against him in a 2019 case from Badami in Karnataka,” said Indora.According to officers, the gang operated with sophisticated tools, but their real genius lay in their disguise. “Posing as ordinary fruit vendors, the gang’s members blend into market crowds by day while conducting discreet surveillance of target banks—watching entry and exit movements, noting shift timings and mapping visible security vulnerabilities. This daytime camouflage allowed them to move unnoticed even in the immediate vicinity of the bank,” DCP Indora explained.Kamrul, a resident of Badaun district of Uttar Pradesh, had been allegedly building a reputation since 1996. An illiterate man who had taken to crime early, he was first booked under the Gangster Act in 1996. By 2000, he was facing several charges — ranging from attempted murder to arms violations. But it was in the bank burglaries that Kamrul found his moniker.Their modus operandi was a textbook strategy: spend days, sometimes weeks, selling fruit near the bank they had to target. Study the security patterns. Note when guards change shifts. Map the vulnerabilities. All while appearing to be nothing more than ordinary street vendors trying to make a living. When the robbery plot was ready, they would strike under cover of darkness with specialised tools, disable security systems to impair electronic evidence, and then vanish—dispersing to different cities where they would resume posing as fruit sellers.But it all came to an end for him, finally, on Wednesday. SI Ravi Bhushan of the Delhi Police Crime Branch received specific intelligence that he was arriving at Mahavir Enclave-III in Delhi. A raiding team led by Inspector Gautam Malik, under the supervision of ACP Rajpal Dabas, strategically laid a trap near 60 Futa Road in Uttam Nagar. “After a brief surveillance operation, he was successfully apprehended,” DCP Indora said.Story continues below this adThe arrest has helped crack three major cases from Karnataka. But Kamrul’s criminal history runs much deeper. Police records link him to more than ten cases across Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Karnataka and violations under the Gangster Act, Arms Act, and charges of attempted murder dating back to 1996. His gang always used the same pattern of disguise, surveillance, execution, and dispersal, said officers.Police said that Kamrul is now in custody and being questioned about other members of the gang. The combination of role-based disguise and nomadic dispersal that enabled the gang to strike at multiple locations while delaying detection has finally been broken. But investigators believe several gang members remain at large, likely still hiding in plain sight behind fruit carts in markets across India.Stay updated with the latest - Click here to follow us on Instagram© The Indian Express Pvt LtdTags:Delhi Policeheist