One miscreant was nabbed while two others managed to escape with gold ornaments worth Rs2.5 lakh from a woman’s luggage on Wednesday near Habibganj under-bridge under Baghsewania police station area.
According to the police, Akhilesh Kaurav and Sarita Kaurav after getting down from the train at Habibganj police station hired an auto-rickshaw in which two persons were already present along with the driver. When the auto-rickshaw reached near Habibganj under-bridge one of the youth present in the vehicle, sitting besides the victims escape with the gold ornaments kept in the victim’s bag but the driver was nabbed by locals and commuters when Akhilesh raised an alarm.
A complaint was lodged with the Baghsewania police and after preliminary investigation a case of robbery was registered against the two miscreants.
The victims are resident of Narsinghpur and after getting down from the train they took an auto rickshaw for ISBT but the miscreants took the victims away from the bus stand and robbed them.
In the investigation the two were identified as Zuber and Naseer while the identity of the third is yet to be established. Naseer was arrested while the two managed to escape. The accused are residents of Kabeetpura area of the city. Accused were booked for several cases of assault, extortion, bullying, burglary and robbery and are habitual offenders.
The police have registered a case under Section 392 of the IPC and have started further investigation. Search has been intensified and the absconding accused would be nabbed told the police.