Teejajamalpura police has nabbed a 20-year-old miscreant on Friday on the charge of stealing a bag carrying Rs 4 lakh cash from a shop at Chhawani road under Mangalwara police station area on December 3.
The accused, identified as Rohit Solanki of Chhola road, was nabbed during the investigation. The footage of CCTV grab obtained from the shop was used to establish the identity of the accused.
Rahul used to buy empty cartons from the shop of the victim, Sunderlal Chawla. That day, he came to the shop late in the night. That time, the victim, Sunderlal Chawla, was closing his shop. Then, he asked the victime to come next day. Later, the victim went inside the shop and escaped with the cash-filled bag.
The victim runs a shop of mouth fresheners and beetle-nuts at Chhawani road. He claimed that there was Rs 4 lakh in the bag.
Out of the Rs 4 lakh, Rs 3.5 lakh were of his brother Prakash Chawla who runs a chemist shop while Rs 50,000 was of his collection from the sales during the day.
The police registered a case under section 379 of the IPC and have started further investigation. Police have found CCTV footage in which the accused could be spotted clearly. This helped in the investigation and the accused was arrested.
Chhola Mandir police would be contacted to check crime record of the accused, said police.