Superintendent of Police (South) Siddharth Bahuguna has declared a reward of `10,000 for providing information of accused domestic help who captivated, attacked and robbed valuables worth Rs 20 lakh from 60 year-old man at Siddharth lake City on Tuesday.
Bahuguna said that footages of the accused have been found from Bhopal railway station and scooter used by the accused to escape and reach railway station has been recovered. Based on the footages of the accused direction in which he had escaped would be investigated.
The Delhi team has reached while Bihar team is on his way. The team has started investigation and would inform regarding the development as the earliest regarding the accused, he added.
Former administration officer of BMHRC Rai Madhukar Sahay was captivated by his domestic help Prem and attacked with sharp edged weapon and scissors and escaped with valuables worth Rs 20 lakh. The victim is reportedly stable.
Police suspect that the accused has boarded a train towards Delhi and it is possible that the accused might visit his home in Bihar due to which two teams have been formed and dispatched.
Notably the incident took place between 9 to 11 am on Tuesday when the victim was at home. The accused chained the dogs outside and committed the crime. Victim’s wife found the victim is pool of blood when she returned around 4 pm.
Victim’s wife Dr Anjali Sahay works as Psychiatrist with BMHRC. The victim’s brother-in-law is the former CBI director Ranjit Sinha.
The domestic help was deployed on May 29 through a placement agency in Delhi and from the day his was deployed the victim was suspicious and used to talk over mobile phone with his father in Bihar.