Police have arrested two miscreants and seized Rs 12 lakh from their possession. They admitted to have committed a robbery near Old Jail on Monday evening.
Inspector General of Police Yogesh Choudhary while speaking with the media persons on Tuesday said that the victim Gaurav Agrawal was robbed on his way back home by bike-borne miscreants. The mastermind of the robbery was an employee who used to work for the victim, police said, and was aware that the victim used to carry the money collected during the daytime. The victim Gaurav Agrawal was carrying Rs 16 lakh when his car was hit by bike-borne miscreants and when he stopped to check the car, the miscreants robbed him at gun point and escaped with the bag carrying Rs 16 lakh.
The nabbed miscreants have been identified as Rajendra Prajapati alias Raju and Girish Pamnani while two others are still absconding. The mastermind Dinesh Prajapati and Raju Pamnani are absconding and search for them has been intensified.
The vital clue which helped to crack the case was the registration number of the motorbike used by the accused. It was owned by Raju Prajapati’s brother Rambabu and when Rambabu was quizzed, he told that Raju was using the bike and when the police reached Raju’s place, he was missing along with the bike. later, on the basis of his mobile phone location, he was traced and nabbed.
The registration number of the vehicle was MP04-DM-7803 which the victim noticed and conveyed to the police in the initial investigations. During the investigation, it was found that Dinesh along with his brother-in-law Raju alias Rajendra Prajapati, Girish Pamnani, Raju Pamnani had planned the robbery.
The victim owns a shop at old categorised market area and the key accused used to work for the victim. Police said that around a total amount of Rs 5 lakh has been recovered from fridge at Dinesh’s house during the investigation.