Having failed to trace miscreants who had attacked an elderly couple at Betwa apartments on December 1, Police department has now declared a cash reward of `5,000 each. Superintendent of Police Bhopal (South) Anhsuman Singh declared the reward on Thursday.
On December 1, RK Mehta and his wife Pushpa Mehta who lived at the fifth floor of the Betwa Apartments were attacked in the early morning hours by two miscreants who tried to take valuables.
The victims were attacked with sharp-edged weapons. However, Mehta managed to raise an alarm which alerted patrolling police personnel and one of the accused was held. Police in the investigation found that the two miscreants were facilitated by one of the neighbours of the victims who informed the miscreants.
The accused neighbour was identified as Aditya Malik alias Malkhan who went missing after the police found regarding his involvement in the crime and is still at large. Malkhan was acquainted with the victims and used to frequently visit them.
Home Minister Babulal Gaur had visited the injured couple and instructed to provide proper medical assistance and police officials were instructed to intensify the search of the miscreants. But even after the instructions of the Home minister Gaur and intensifying the search the police remained empty handed. At the time of the incident the victim RK Mehta claimed that the patrolling police personnel reacted swiftly which helped them in the rescue from the miscreants. Police claimed that the two would be nabbed soon.