Hanumanganj police have nabbed two persons on the charge of fabricating robbery of Rs 1.1 lakh near SBI branch at Chhola road on August 23 and recovered the money, said DIG Bhopal Dharmendra Choudhary while speaking with the media persons on Tuesday. DIG Choudhary said that the statements recorded by the two were not consistent and the evidential circumstances do not pointed the occurrence of such incident at the spot which raised suspicion and during the investigation when the two were quizzed they confesses that they fabricated the robbery. The two nabbed accused were identified as Vinod Shukla and Narendra Tiwari and recovered Rs 1.10 lakh from their possession.
Notably on August 23 Vinod Shukla was on his way to SBI branch to deposit Rs 1.10 lakh was robbed by bike borne miscreants after throwing chili powder in his eyes. The victim lodged a complaint with Hanumanganj police and a case under section 392 of the IPC was registered.
During the investigation police found that the victim was not able to answer the questions raised by the investigating officer and personnel and he was not consistent in his statements. Police found more chili powder in pockets of the victim than on the spot which raised suspicion and when he was quizzed he r confessed to the crime.