Six arrested for jewellery loot in Patna

PATNA: Police on Tuesday arrested six criminals from PC Colony under Kankarbagh police station area in city for allegedly looting jewellery wroth around Rs15 lakh from a showroom near Munnachak under Patrakar Nagar police station on July 6.
Patna SSP Upendra Kumar Sharma said Abhishek Kumar, John Wright alias Vikash Kumar, Jimmy Kumar, Amitesh Kumar, Rahul Kumar and Amresh Kumar alias Guletan were arrested from a rented accommodation and looted jewellery worth around Rs5 lakh, Rs2000, one countrymade semi-automatic pistol, 14 live cartridges, two bank passbooks and a bag used in the crime were recovered.
The SSP said the gang had actually planned to loot a bank in Kankarbagh. “The gang was also involved in loot from non-banking and other financial institutions in Vaishali and several other business establishment,” he said.
He said Abhishek is accused in 11 criminal cases, including eight lodged with Jandaha police station in Vaishali. Amresh is accused in five cases, including three in Jandaha while Jimmy has five cases lodged against him with different police stations in Patna. Vikash also is accused in six criminal cases, including three with Rajapakar police station in Vaishali.
The SSP said they had also planned to loot a financial institution at Darbhanga. “The gang was involved in firing on Hajipur court premises and loot from grocery shop in Bahadurpur in Patna,” Sharma said, adding the gang had rented a flat in PC Colony 20 days before the loot at Munnachak.