A 19-year-old youth was nabbed by crime branch Bhopal on Tuesday, on the charge of looting cash from a constable of 7th Battalion of Special Armed Forces (SAF) by injuring him. His three associates were already in jail in connection with some other crimes.
The incident took place on August 25, 2014, near TT Nagar Dussehra ground. According to the police, Raju (named changed) of Om Nagar Kolar was nabbed after receiving information of a person who was trying to sell a Samsung mobile handset for around `200 to buy liquor. When the youth was questioned he was not able to provide details of the mobile phone.
In the investigation the nabbed accused confessed to the robbery committed at Dussehra ground with a SAF constable. Earlier on August 25, 2014 the victim Firoz Khan stopped near Dashehra ground for receiving call while on his way to home near TT Nagar Dashehra ground. While he was speaking over phone two youths asked him about time by his watch and after he provided time to the youths one of them hold his hand while the other attacked him in his back and thigh thrice.
The wallet which was robbed contained Rs 2500 cash and ATM cards. The victim was rushed to a nearby hospital where his condition is reportedly stable. The remaining three accomplices are Ravi Vishwakarma, Bheem Gond and Deepu alias Deepak who are nabbed in a burglary case in Kolar area. In the burglary the accused burgled valuables worth Rs 2 lakh from Priyanka Nagar under Kolar police station area. The police were successful in nabbing three miscreants while Ravi remained absconding.