In a breakthrough, city police have arrested five persons involved in Rs 5.79 lakh loot incident a few days back. Those who have been arrested include Aakash, Amit, Rajat and lucky. However, the main accused of the case identified as Manoj Talreja is stated to be absconding.
According to police, three accused had looted a cash of Rs 5.79 lakh from Dinesh, son of Amulchand Nenjhara on Thursday last by knocking him on his scooty at Jeevandeep colony. The victim is an accountant of an Airtel agency – Prem Agency located in loha Mandi.
Police said the accused before committing the crime had done a rekey of the victim for six days. On Thursday with the help of another employee of the said agency identified as Manoj Talreja, they looted the victim. According to police, in fact it was Airtel agency employee Manoj Talreja who with the help of his son Neeraj had conceived the loot plan.
On the basis of mobile call details, police arrested Neeraj and other four accused. However, the main accused Manoj Talreja is stated to be absconding. While arresting the accused, police also seized two mobiles and a cash of Rs 2.10 lakh from the possession of accused.
The police arrested an employee of a private company Prem Enterprises, who had hatched the conspiracy along with his elder brother and two others to loot the Prem Enterprises 50-year-old accountant Dinesh linjhara of Rs 5.79 lakh when he left the office to deposit the cash in the bank.
The police rounded-up Neeraj Talreja (22) and Rajat for interrogation. Neeraj confessed his role in the loot. Rajat was his accomplice who was seen in CCTV footage. Neeraj's elder brother Akash and two others are on run. However, the police have failed to recover the total looted cash.
Neeraj had done recce for six days and then involved his elder brother who along with his friends committed the loot. Investigating officer in the case, RS Umat, said, "Neeraj has confessed his involvement in the loot. We are searching the other accused. Small amount of looted cash has been recovered. We will recover the complete cash once all the accused are arrested."
On Thursday, three motor cycle borne riders had snatched a bag containing cash from Dinesh linjhara by thrashing him. linjhara was driving a moped to deposit the amount at a bank in Sapna Sangeeta, when the accused intercepted him.
linjhara could not comprehend what happened with him. He could not see the number plate of their bike. On receiving information, police checked the CCTV camera footage and got strong evidences against Neeraj after which he was detained for interrogation.