The police here arrested a youth hailing from Nuapada district in connection with the Tirtol jewellery shop robbery incident that occurred January 7 and recovered as many as 30 gold chains from the looter. A bike was also seized in the case. According to a Press release issued by the district police on Monday, one Parsuram Manik, owner of Sarala jewellery shop, had lodged an FIR in Tirtol police station informing that on January 7 two unidentified youths had stepped into his shop by impersonating as customers and later decamped with a box containing gold chains. Police swung in to action and formed a team to investigate robbery. Taking clues from the shop owner and CCTV footages, police apprehended a youth from Nuapada district.
During interrogation he disclosed involvement of five others in crime. The accused was presented in court on Monday and forwarded to jail after his bail pleas were rejected while investigation was on to nab others involved in loot.