Now robbers present themselves as Naxals in Palamu! On Tuesday night a group of 12 robbers masqueraded as Naxals, five of them wearing pigmented uniform, robbed five houses under Chhaterpur police station. The robbers decamped with lakhs of rupees. The SP Palamu Patel Mayur K lal has confirmed the incident.
The officer in-charge of the Chhaterpur police station Mukesh Pandey said the robbers first got the door of Shanker Sao opened and then proceeded to other houses; Sao was the identifier.
Once the robbers got the five houses opened, four in close proximity and one house quite far off, the robbers pretended to be Naxals and enquired if the houseowners had any weapon like gun or rifle, they wanted to search the house and in the process of this fake search began to loot the household property. The inmates of the houses were tied. The women were told to part with their gold and silver ornaments.
The police officer said the robber took water and some refreshment from the victims too. The entire incident which started at 8.30 on Tuesday night lasted for 90 minutes. Sources said the Chhaterpur police station is barely 3 Kms away from the place of occurrence but the victims did not report the matter at night to the police and on Wednesday morning the police could know of this crime.
Police are investigating the matter and a search is on for the robbers and the looted valuables.