Three persons were arrested by the Sundargarh police on Tuesday, allegedly for looting `10 lakh from a businessman at gunpoint at Rajgangpur on Monday late night. Police recovered `8.37 lakh from them and seized a country made pistol, three live bullets and a motorcycle.
Victim Rajendra Agarwal, a resident of Talkipada in Rajgangpur and a trader by profession, had come to Rourkela and after collecting cash, he had returned to Rajgangpur in his Innova car. At around 9.30 pm on Monday, while Agarwal was getting down from his car, four persons, following him from Rourkela,came near him in two bikes and threatened him at gunpoint to hand over the cash bag near his house. Terrorised, as Agarwal gave away the cash bag, the miscreants fled the spot.
The Rajgangpur police reached the spot and started an investigation.
The Sundargarh police nabbed three looters during Mondaymidnight. They were identified as Prakash Chourasia, Ashish Gop and Pradeep Singh, all hail from Jharkhand. More investigation was on.