Police on Wednesday arrested criminals Imtiaz Warsi alias Chhota Chini and Mohammed Alamgir alias Raqqu. They had absconded after committing Rs12 lakh gold jewellery loot at Jugsalai market area in the night of March 1. The police have recovered Rs 1 lakh in cash, an auto-rickshaw and a bike from their possession.
On March 11, the police had arrested six people, including two jewellers who had bought the looted gold jewellery from the robbers. The arrested were identified as Pervez Alam, Barun Sharma, Manoj Sao, Sanjiv Chowdhury, all in their early twenties and involved in the robbery and Manoj Burman (45) and Raju Burman (35), both residents of Olidih in Mango. Apart from these arrested persons, two more criminals, Imtiaz Warsi and Raqqu, both residents of Azadnagar, Mango were also involved in the robbery, but had managed to escape.
Senior superintendent of police Amol V Homkar said that both Chhota Chini and Raqqu were the dreaded criminals and had fled to Kolkata after committing the robbery in Jugsalai on March 1 night. The special team which was searching for the two got a tip off about the criminals' hideout nabbed both of them," said Homkar.
Homkar said after the interrogation, Chhota Chini confessed that he had taken Rs1 lakh that he had got as his share of the booty at his house in Azadnagar. He said the police team had immediately confiscated the auto-rickshaw (JH0AK-0398) from his house in Azadnagar. Homkar said that after an FIR was lodged by the victim, he had set up a special team led by deputy superintendent of police (law and order) BN Singh.
According to police, the criminals had been keeping an eye on the movement of MIntu Karmakar, who is a resident of Jahura Bazar lane, Kolkata from several years and committed the robbery after carrying out whereabouts of the victim.
"As per our investigation we came to know that the robbery took place when Karmakar was walking down to Rahul lodge in Jugsalai where he stayed after getting down from an auto-rickshaw near the Jugsalai level crossing. Rahul and Pervez had snatched the bag that contained the gold ornaments. The rest of the four robbers were standing in separate spots for giving the support," said Homkar.