In a big breakthrough, Bokaro police busted an inter-State thieves’ gang and arrested its two members from Sahibganj last night while the kingpin of the gang, Hasan Chikna, is still at large.
Arrested were identified as Ghisu Ghosh and Md Salim Sekh resident of Rajmahal police station of Sahibganj. Police recovered two gold chains and Rs 87 thousand cash from their possession.
During interrogation they revealed their involvement several theft incidents including a ‘locker break’ incident which occurred on 26 December night at State Bank of India Administrative Building branch at Bokaro Steel City, said Kartik S. Superintendent of Police Bokaro.
“Both have criminal records, involved in many theft and locker break incidents including in jewelry shop at Kerala, Faarakka and Rajmahal. Hunt for the kingpin and other eight are on, we are conducting raids”, added the SP.The ‘locker break’ incident occurred on 26 December at Bokaro, thieves escaped with ornaments and valuables over 8 crore rupees after breaking the 76 lockers of the bank on Christmas holiday. Out of 76 lockers, four were empty, informed the police.
later on 28 December a team of senior police and CID officers from Ranchi visited the city and inspected the spot inside the bank. The team was led by Murari lal Meena IG (Headquarters) and ADG (CID) Prashant Kumar Singh.Bokaro police also announced a reward of Rs 1 lakh for those who provide relevant information about the gang who stolen ornaments and valuables from the bank’s locker