India, Oct. 22 -- Police have arrested three alleged members of an interstate gang in Madhya Pradesh's Dewas district and recovered 400 stolen mobile phones worth Rs 1.5 crore, an official said on Thursday.

Dewas Superintendent of Police Puneet Gehlod identified the accused as Suraj Singh Pardi, 30, a resident of Ujjain district, and Shubham Rathore, 28, of Indore. All three accused have previous criminal cases registered against them, he said.

The recovered phones had allegedly been stolen from Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Rajasthan, as well as the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Gehlod said. Police also seized Rs 6 lakh in cash.

The racket came to light during an investigation into two mobile ...