Nineteen persons were arrested on Saturday for allegedly giving shelter to the accused constable who committed the Central Bank of India heist in Deoria. Giving details of the arrest, SP Dr Manoj Kumar said that 19 people were arrested from Azamgarh, Deoria and Mau districts for offering shelter to constable Shree Prakash Singh, who was posted in Ansari road branch of Central Bank of India and fled away with trunk containing cash worth Rs 2.777 crore on Saturday. He said ten teams of police have been formed to nab the accused.
Meanwhile, Inspector General (IG) has announced of cash prize of Rs 15,000 to one who will give the information of Shree Prakash Singh. Those arrested for giving shelter were identified as Awadhnath Singh, his wife Sunaina Singh, Dharmendra Singh, his wife Dimple Singh, Kaptan Singh, his wife Manju Singh, Satish Singh, Sudhnashu Singh, all of Mau district, Shambhu Singh, Anil Singh and a woman Sindhu Singh, all of Deoria, Rajesh Singh, Surendra Singh, Virendra Singh, Akhand Pratap Singh, Ram Prakash Singh, Bhushan Singh, Chandrakesh Singh and Rampujan Singh, all of Azamgarh district.
The police are also hunting Sri Prakash’s brother in laws namely Jitendra Singh, Shailendra, hi son Prashant Singh and his wife Vandana. Despite the strenuous effort the police failed to get any clue about the accused constable and his future plan. The police are apprehensive that Sri Prakash may be planning to stash the cash at safe place and then it will be difficult to recover the cash.