The Prayagraj Police has got a big breakthrough in the case of robbery of Rs 7 lakh from the employees of Jeevan Jyoti Hospital in Civil Lines. When the police surrounded the accused in Jhunsi police station area, they started firing. In the encounter the police retaliated and two miscreants were shot in the legs and were admitted to Swaroop Rani Nehru Hospital. Two other accused have been arrested by the police.
One criminal Neeraj Banjara was shot in his left leg while the other criminal, Kishan Yadav in his right leg. Two other criminals Shankar Yadav and Kashi Banjara have also been arrested by the police in the encounter. The police recovered the looted money and weapons from their possession.
The miscreants injured in the encounter were involved in the robbery of Rs 7 lakh that took place on September 12 in Civil Lines. The arrested criminals are residents of Katiyar, Bihar. These miscreants are said to be involved in many robberies in West Bengal also. The police is interrogating the arrested and injured criminals. This encounter with miscreants took place in Jhunsi on Sunday morning. A sum of Rs 7.65 lakh was recovered from the possession of miscreants.
According to police sources, the same miscreants had looted Rs 7.15 lakh in Sitapur also. Two days before the incident, the miscreant had come to Prayagraj and done recce.
Prahlad Singh of Kydganj is working as a clerk in Jeevan Jyoti Hospital in Rambagh. Anirudh Kumar Yadav is an accountant there. On Tuesday afternoon they reached Punjab National Bank located at Sangam Place in Civil Lines on a bike with a bag full of notes. From there they reached Punjab National Bank in Civil Lines. Then two youths arrived there on a Pulsar bike and looted Rs 7 lakh from Prahlad and ran away. Since then SOG and local police were trying to nab the miscreants.