A sum of Rs 45000 and betting transaction receipt worth lakhs of rupees were seized from a car after the police took a prompt and swift action late in the night on Wednesday.
SHO Bairagarh Sudhir Arjaria said that after receiving information of a speeding vehicle between Banganga square and Shyamla Hills it was tried to stop it using stoppers at lalghati but the miscreants dashed the stoppers and managed to escape towards VIP road and later went inside Koh-e-Fiza area and left the car in a narrow lane and escaped.
The black colour i20 Hyundai car bearing registration number MPO4CR5889 tried to escape from police control room at around 2 in the night and acting swiftly the FRV and all police stations were alerted, he added.
Providing further details Arjaria said that it was not clear that there were two or three miscreants as two were spotted at the front seat while there was a third one at the back seat could not be ascertained. The miscreants hit a motorbike near lalghhati.
Two First Response Vehicles of Talaiya and Koh-e-Fiza rushed to intercept the speeding vehicle. The miscreants escaped towards VIP road after finding stoppers at lalghati square.
In the initial investigation police found a bag inside the car which was carrying Rs 45000 cash and receipts of transactions of betting.
Police said that based on the registration number of the vehicle investigation has been started.
Koh-e-Fiza police have a registered a case under section 279 of the IPC for hitting a motorbike injuring the victim Dayanand Ram.