With the arrest of two youths, police on Thursday claimed of solving the loot incident that had happened at posh Devendra Nagar locality on Wednesday evening wherein about Rs17.50 lakh were snatched from a Recovery Agent after throwing chilli powder in his eyes.
“Two of the accused wanted in the case are on the run,” Superintendent of Police (SP), Raipur, BN Meena told reporters in a press conference held here.
According to the police, the accused have been identified as Ashraf Rajvani (20) resident of Rajendra Nagar and Javed Menon alias Sonu (24) hailing from Bemetara. Alhaj Menon (18) and Sohail Bengali are on the run.
The complainant Ramdas Sahu works as a Recovery Agent at Wasim and Sons, whose office is at Bhaisathan. On Wednesday late night, he was on the way to the house of business owners from Bhaisathan located office with cash amounting to around Rs 17.50 lakh in a bag, when three youths on a bike intercepted him near Devendra Nagar trisection. They threw chilli powder in his eyes and snatched away the bag after thrashing him, the SP said. Upon getting information, immediately, police swung into action and started investigation, the SP added.
In the meantime, based on evidences gathered from the spot and intelligence inputs gathered by Central Crime Branch (CCB) sleuths, a team of CCB officials raided a location of Ashraf at Amlidih and recovered cash Rs15.76 lakh, the SP said.
The accused during interrogation have accepted of committing the crime after a great deal of planning. Meanwhile, the two accused who are on the run have about Rs2 lakh with them and for nabbing them, police teams have been dispatched to various locations, Meena said.