With the arrest of two persons hailing from Uttar Pradesh, police on Saturday claimed of have solved Raipur’s infamous Anupam Nagar shootout case in which a noted businessman Praveen Nahta was seriously injured last month.
Notably, Nahta a jeweller- was shot at his face by two unidentified armed men, near Hanuman temple in posh Anupam Nagar locality, while he was returning home around 8.45 pm on September 28 last month. The assailants had made away with cash amount of about Rs 10 lakh that Nahta was carrying in a bag.
According to the police, the held persons were identified as Suresh Singh (54) and Sugrev Singh (30) both native of Sadabad police station, Hathras Uttar Pradesh. Two of the accomplices Deepak Singh (22) and Rameshwar alias Pandit (38) of Hathras are on the run.
“Cash Rs 5.43 lakh and a country-made pistol with a live round have been seized from the accused,” Inspector General of Police (Raipur) Pradeep Gupta told reporters.
During the investigation, police came to know that Nahta family had shifted Raipur from Agra, Uttar Pradesh a few years back. Based on some other technical inputs gathered, different teams of cops were sent to Agra, he added.
“Police during investigations learned that the accused Sugrev, Suresh and Rameshrwar alias Pandit had visited Raipur a few days prior to the incident,” he said.
The police team which had reached accused Suresh’s residence at Hathrash came to know from his wife Radha that Suresh, Sugrev and Rameshwar had gone out of the village on September 27 and returned back on September 29, IGP informed.
Police also found that cash Rs 1.47 lakh was deposited in Radha’s bank account and Rs 2 lakh each in Suresh and Sugrev’s bank account after the shootout. Radha also presented few mobile phone and passbooks before police, which Suresh had hidden in the house. The mobile phones were used in the crime, the IGP claimed.
Suresh and Sugrev were later on arrested from Tarakpura village of Agra. Deepak Singh was involved in planning the entire incident, the IGP mentioned.