The Sundargarh police have started an inquiry into an incident of bank loot involving a police official’ son who used his father’s service revolver to commit the crime on Tuesday.
Sundargarh police have recovered about Rs 9.30 lakh cash from his possession and sent the accused to the VSS Medical College and Hospital, Burla, for treatment as he was injured in a exchange of fire with police while trying to evade arrest.
The culprit, identified as Jaysdeb Nayak, son of Mitrabhanu Nayak, Assistant Sub Inspector of police, presently posted at Sundargarh Sadar police station, after commiting the loot from an Axis bank branch in Sundargarh, had opened fire at the police that chased him. He was later nabbed.
“A detailed inquiry in the case is going on. We have recovered the service revolver," informed Sundargarh SP Sagarika Nath.