With arrest of five persons, the District Crime Branch (DCB) has claimed of solving the armed robbery that took place in Union Bank of India Bhilai-3 branch on February 2 this year. Pistols with live rounds, bikes and cash were seized from their possession, police said here on Friday. The inter-State gang had looted a Gramin Bank in Sambalpur Odisha and had tried to rob a bank in Rajnandgaon, Superintendent of Police (SP), Durg, Mayank Shrivastava informed.
The accused were identified as Ravindar alias Sonu (35), Jagjit Singh alias Kripal Singh alias Munshi Singh (44) both natives of Punjab who were living in a rented house at Urla; Nawab Tauhid Khan (50) resident of Ramnagar Rajnandgaon, Pankaj Markandey (23), Umarpoti village under Utai police station and Mahendra alias Gauri alias Rohan (30) hailing from Santarabadi, Mohan Nagar, Durg. During investigation based on evidences and information received from police sources, Sonu alias Ravindar Singh was nabbed who turned out to be kingpin of gang.
He was then thoroughly interrogated who confessed of committing the crime along with his friends, the SP said. last year they had tried to rob Vijaya Bank in Rajnandgaon but had failed. He has also accepted of having robbed Gramin Bank in Sambalpur, Odisha, Shrivastava said.