After nearly two and a half months to an armed highway dacoity, the Sadar police nabbed one of the accused of a gang.
He was identified as Biswaranjan Puhan (28), a resident of Binjha village under Basta police station limits. He was forwarded to court after being booked under Section 394 and 307 of IPC and 25 and 27 of Arms Act on Friday.
It may be noted here that on September 25, Rs 60 lakh was looted from staff members of a toll gate managing company at Sergarh when they were coming towards Baleswar to deposit the amount in a bank.
The criminals in a car following the vehicle of the toll gate staffers had overtaken them near a dhaba close to the Sadar police station. Thereafter they had snatched away a bag containing the cash by opening fire at the toll gate staffers. One Pradeep Jadav had been injured.
Police said the gang had seven members. The cash, Rs 60 lakh, was distributed among the members of the gang and Puhan had received Rs 1.75 lakh.
While he had invested Rs 1.50 lakh in his prawn farm, he had spent Rs 3,000 out of the rest Rs 25,000, said police.
Police besides seizing Rs 22,000 cash from his possession also seized debit cards of four different banks.
IIC Sadar Dayanidhi Dash said, “Puhan in order to mislead police had lodged a compliant with police before 11 days of commissioning of the dacoity that his mobile handset was lost. In fact he was using the set. After gathering information from the intelligence sources, Puhan was nabbed.” Meanwhile, the identities of rest accused persons have been established and the car used too has been identified. Soon they would be brought to book, Dash added.