Police on Saturday released the sketch of one of the accused involved in loot of cash Rs 7 lakh from a person on Friday evening at Samta Colony. However no arrest has been made so far in the case but police has claimed of having substantial lead in loot incident.
Notably criminals struck at their prey in full public view in the posh Samta colony and looted Rs 7 lakh after exploding two low-intensity bombs to terrorise the onlookers. This was first of its kind loot incident in Raipur in which explosion was used for committing the loot. Akhilesh Jha used to work for Maa Vaishno Devi Trading Company, dealing in iron products and has office on the 5th floor of Samata Colony Complex. Jha and his friend Ram Nishad, after collecting money from the office, had just come out of the complex when two youths who were standing on the ground floor approached Jha and Nishad and executed two blasts near them one after another and snatched away the money.