Ranchi Police arrested three criminals wanted for robbing Rs 10 lakh from a bank official in Ratu earlier this month. Benjamin Tirkey, Rajesh Prasad Srivastav and Narendra Singh alias Chouhan were arrested, with Rs 3.36 lakh of the stolen amount recovered from their possession.
On July 18, these arrested robbers had snatched a bag containing Rs 10 lakh from bank probationary officer Bramhanand Pandey on gunpoint when he was taking the money to his branch in Umedanda from lalpur.
Police forces caught Benjamin Tirkey and recovered Rs 10,000 and a 9mm pistol and three live rounds on his person. Based on Tirkey’s statements, Rs 1.20 lakh were recovered from his home, along with the motorcycle used in the robbery.
He disclosed the names of his accomplices during interrogation and told the police about the entire chain of events during the robbery. Rs 2.06 lakh was recovered in total from Rajesh and Chouhan along with the car used in the robbery.
“All three of them are wanted criminals in several cases and have been to prison several times. These three robbers were also involved in daylight robbery of Rs 6.66 lakh from a petrol pump manager in Shyamali Colony earlier in February this year,” said Ranchi SSP Kuldeep Dwivedi during a press conference on Friday.These three robbers had been wanted for several other counts of armed robbery, Arms Act violation in Ranchi and Jamshedpur.
Moreover, it was Dinesh Ram, who used to drive the car Pandey was in with the cash on the day of the robbery, told Tirkey about huge sums of money transported by the vehicle, informed a police official.“Tirkey shared the information with Chouhan and he planned the robbery. They followed Pandey to make sure that the money was coming their way and robbed him as he neared a secluded spot,” said the police official.
Names of other individuals involved in the robbery have come to our notice and we will catch them soon, said the SSP.Meanwhile, three fresh recruits of extremist outfit People’s liberation Front of India (PlFI) were arrested from Khalari as they were fleeing after setting an earthmover machine and a truck ablaze.
Gautam Yadav alias Golden (19), Saket Prasad Gupta alias Golu (19) and Rishikesh Yadav alias Twinkle (21) were arrested from Bazartand area under McCluskieganj Police Station after they had burned down the machines at KDH site of TPCl company.