Three persons, including the complainant, were arrested and forwarded to court by Sundargarh police on Saturday allegedly for loot of Rs 5.30 lakh five days ago. The complainant was the mastermind of the loot plan and police have recovered Rs 5.10 lakh from the accused.
Sources said Dhan Singh Sahu, a resident of Belpada village of Balangir district, works as field agent in Bharat Financial Inclusion ltd(BFIl), a finance company of Belpahar, which has a branch office at Sundargarh. Dhan Singh had lodged complaint on October 31 evening that while he was crossing Bileimunda road under Hemgiri police station of Sundargarh, by bike carrying Rs 5.30 lakh cash, he was waylaid and looted of the money.
Two other employees of the same finance company who were crossing that
road, had reached a little later there.
Police had registered a case and started an investigation. As per the direction of Sundargarh Superintendent of Police Nikhil Kanoria, police had suspected complainant Dhan Singh after they got no clues about the loot. Police detained him and he confessed to the crime.
Dhan Singh said he had taken the help of Kailash and Kishore in executing the loot plan. As per the plan, Kailash and Kishore had stayed at Jharsuguda on October 30. On October 31 while Dhan Singh was coming through Bileimunda road, Dhan Singh had hidden Rs 50,000 under the seat of his bike.
When Kailash and Kishore had reached the spot, he had given them Rs lakh and narrated that he was looted.