KUMUD JENAMANI
Jamshedpur, Oct 2: Police succeeded to arrest two of those who committed a loot of Rs 1.5 lakh from a potato trader at gunpoint in Mango on Friday morning.
Those arrested were identified as Mohammed Raja (19) and Saqeemuddin Seikh alias Chhotu (26), residents of Kapali near Mango in the adjoining Seraikela-Kharsawan district and Purulia district of the West Bengal respectively.
Revealing about the breakthrough, senior SP M Tamil Vanan said that the two of the looters were arrested within 24 hours as the Mango thana OC Vinay Kumar swung into action immediately after getting information about the loot.
“There were in all five persons involved in the loot. While two of them were keeping watch outside the potato shop, three others including Raja and Chhotu committed the loot, ” said Vanan while addressing a press conference in Mango thana on Saturday afternoon.
The senior SP said having looted the trader, the three looters had gone towards Subarnarekha river, but a police team that had swung into action came across a group of three suspicious-looking youths near the river.
“On seeing the police, two of the suspects managed to flee, but the third one jumped into the swollen river. Some police officials also plunged into the river and finally succeeded to nab the youth who was later identified as Chhotu, ” the senior cop said.
Vanan said after interrogation of Chhotu, they later in the night arrested Raja from his house while three others are still absconding. He said the pistol that the looters had used during committing the crime is yet to be recovered.
He stated that they recovered Rs 5,400 from Chhotu, informing that the criminals had looted Rs 35,000 not Rs 1.5 lakh as the potato trader Gurfan Khan had claimed before the police.
The senior SP said that the five looters had divided the booty among themselves in an equal ratio soon after committing the crime, each getting Rs 5,400, adding that their efforts to arrest the rest of the criminals are on.
