The Mathura Police dropped the net on six criminals early Saturday morning and claimed to have worked over the sensational killing of two jewellers during a dacoity at a showroom.
SSP of Mathura, Upendra Kumar Mishra said that the arrests could be made after an hour long encounter that started in the wee hours. He said that the arrested were identified as gang leader Ranga, his deputy Billa, Neeraj, Ayush and Cheema and another aide and were members of the dreaded Ranga Billa gang. During the encounter, two accused, including Cheema and five policemen were injured. The police recovered most of the looted gold from the accused along with firearms used during the crime.
On Monday evening, six persons raied a jewellery shop in Holigate area of Mathura and shot jewellers Vikas Agarwal and Megh Agarwal before making off with gold worth Rs 4 crore. Piqued at the incident, jewellers across the state downed their shutters to protest poor law and order on Friday.
Asessing the public outrage, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath declared in the Assembly that the case would be solved in the three days. While the three-day deadline could not be met even as DGP Sulkhan Singh visited Mathura and the STF was pressed into service.
On Saturday, DGP Sulkhan Singh announced that the Mathura Police team which worked out the Mathura dacoity and the Ferozabad Police team which rescued a kidnapped glass merchant hours after his abduction, would be rewarded at a function at the DGP headquarters in lucknow.