The fourth member involved in the SBI ‘locker break’ incident arrested at Howrah by the Bokaro police on Saturday.
Police arrested Javed Ansari a member of an inter-state thieves’ gang at Howrah. He was involved in the SBI locker break incident, which occurred on 26 December night at State Bank of India Administrative Building branch at Bokaro Steel City, said Madan Mohan Prasad Sinha, Officer-in-charge of City Police station Bokaro.
In the ‘locker break’ incident, thieves escaped with ornaments and valuables over Rs 8 crore after breaking the 76 lockers of the bank on Christmas holiday. Out of 76 lockers, four were empty, informed the police.
later on 28 December a team of senior police and CID officers from Ranchi visited the city and inspected the spot inside the bank. The team was led by Murari lal Meena IG (Headquarters) and ADG (CID) Prashant Kumar Singh.
After the incident, Bokaro police announced a reward of Rs 1 lakh for those who provide relevant information about the gang who stolen ornaments and valuables from the bank’s locker.
later on 2 January two members of the gang Ghisu Ghosh and Md Salim Sekh, the resident of Rajmahal police station of Sahabganj were arrested and police recovered two gold chains and Rs 87 thousand cash from their possession. After few days police also arrested Jitender the third member of the gang from Sahabganj, police said.
“Hunt for the kingpin of the gang Hasan Chikna and other seven are ‘on’, we are conducting raids to arrests them,” said SP, Bokaro, Karthik S.