In a major breakthrough in the Reliance Jewels robbery case, the police on Thursday got the transit remand of the main accused Prince Kumar who was nabbed on Wednesday from Bihar’s Vaishali district. The accused was arrested by Bihar police and the Dehradun police will bring him to Dehradun on transit remand for detailed interrogation in about two days, said the Dehradun senior superintendent of police Ajai Singh. Singh had himself gone to Bihar a few days ago regarding the case and held meetings with senior officials of Special Task Force (STF) of Bihar and SSP of Vaishali district to ensure their proper coordination with one another to nab the gang members. Besides this, the Dehradun police had also announced a bounty of Rs two lakh each on the heads of two main robbers one of whom was Prince Kumar. The SSP said that the Dehradun Police teams have been conducting continuous raids at all the possible hiding places of the robbers and their accomplices in Bihar and West Bengal. Due to better mutual coordination and exchange of information between Dehradun Police and Bihar Police, the latter succeeded in arresting the main accused Kumar from Vaishali, he said. The police aim to gather maximum information about the robbery and other accused involved in the robbery through Kumar’s detailed interrogation and will take further action accordingly. The police will present the accused before the court after his thorough interrogation during the transit remand, he added. A gang of five members robbed the Rajpur Road situated Reliance Jewels showroom on November 9, a day before Dhanteras. President Droupadi Murmu was also present that day in the city to celebrate the occasion of State Foundation Day. The police had claimed that the robbery was committed by the gang after months of planning. The said gang has committed similar robberies in other states too after thorough planning where most of them remained absconding. SSP said that the police have arrested a total of nine accused in the robbery case and the remaining will be nabbed soon as well.
