Chhattisgarh Police on Friday said they had arrested two men for looting gold and silver jewellery valued at `16.78 lakh from a bullion trader in Bilaspur district on Thursday night.
Bilaspur Superintendent of Police Prashant Agrawal told The Pioneer over telephone that Sameer Singh and Deepak Singh (both 40), of Bilaspur district, have been taken into custody.
Bullion trader Amit Soni on Thursday filed a complaint with the Malhar police station that two bike borne robbers looted his bags with jewellery when he was returning home from the weekly market in Okhar village, the officer said.
Acting on a tip, police nabbed Deepak Singh with one of the bags near the fields of Binaika village on Thursday night while Sameer Singh was arrested from his house on Friday.
Police seized 170 grams gold jewellery of `9.08 lakh, 11 kg silver jewellery worth `7.70 lakh and a bike used in the crime.