In two separate incidents, the District Crime Branch (DCB) after arrest of five persons claimed of solving a loot and a truck theft case on Monday.
On July 10 last, Govindra Dikshit (50), a resident of Daundi, had reached Durg for returning cash amount of Rs 70,000 which he had taken from some of his relatives based in the city, DCB Inspector Vishal Son informed.
Dikshit had hired an auto rickshaw in which accused were sitting. After moving out to isolated an area the accused took Dikshit on knife point and looted cash of Rs 70,000. later on, they left the victim near, Dhamdha Naka after which Dikshit reported the matter to the police, he said. During investigation based on the appearance described by complainant and other evidences, the Crime Branch sleuths arrested Sonu alias Sinni Bengali of Sector-8 Bhilai. During interrogation, he confessed of his involvement in the crime and disclosed identify of other accomplices. Sandeep Kumar Thakur (23), Niranjan Das alias Cheeku and Amanpreet Singh (26) all residents of Bhilai were rounded up in this connection. Cash of Rs 51,000 and vehicle used in the crime was also seized from their possession, Son said.
In another case, the police rounded up a person on a tip off who was trying to sell a Swaraj Majda mini truck on a very cheap price in Jamul area. He was identified as Nirdhan Singh Thakur (24), a resident of Mohan Nagar, Durg.The accused during cross-examination could not present paper of the vehicle nor could he prove his rightful ownership over the vehicle. He then told the police that he had stolen the truck from a showroom in Raipur in the month of October last year, police claimed.