Four people have been arrested so far in connection with a petrol pump loot case in Vishnugarh. Two were arrested on Monday evening and other two on Tuesday evening while they were trying to flee the area with the money looted from Nayak petrol pump.
All the culprits have confessed their involvement in the incident and an amount Rs1.42-lakh has also been recovered from them. Of the four arrested, one is a resident of Barkagoan whereas three others are resident of Hazaribagh.
According to police, today’s arrest was made at Bhelwa Ghati when DSP Satish Chandra Jha spotted two people dragging their bike in the valley and behaving suspiciously. Upon search, Jha recovered one country-made pistol and Rs1.42-lakh bearing label of the petrol pump.
On Monday late evening at about 8pm four criminals entered into the counter room of Nayak Petrol Pump which is situated at NH-100 near Vishnugarh Inter College. At that time the owner of the petrol pump was there and the armed criminals snatched Rs3.10 lakh from him and escaped with the looted money.
After their departure owner Girish Sao informed Vishnugarh Police about the incident and in the meantime locals also got assembled at the petrol pump. As the news spread the villagers caught two persons in suspect from a nearby line hotel. later they handed over the suspects to Vishnugarh police. Vishnugarh police immediately informed other police stations but the criminals successfully escaped.
On Tuesday after visiting Vishnugarh, SP Akhilesh Jha hinted that the culprits will soon be behind the bar. It is in talks in Vishnugarh that the two suspects caught by the villagers were the part of looters gang. Though they were not directly involved in yesterday’s loot but they had given some important clues to the Vishnugarh police on the basis of which investigation is going on and it is expected that within 1-2 days some involved in this loot will be caught.