JAIPUR: A day after three persons robbed a bank’s cash collection van in Mansarovar, police arrested the the accused who decamped with Rs 31.5 lakh in broad daylight. They were arrested from Jaipur itself.
The arrested accused are Gaurav Singh, a resident of Jaipur, Vipin Kashyap and Saugandh Singh, both from Uttar Pradesh.
Cops are yet to disclose the name of another person who was seen on CCTV camera changing his clothes after the robbery.
They had done recce of other banks as well in the last one week. Gaurav, who planned the robbery, apparently had a lot of debt to repay.
However, presently no previous criminal cases have been found against the accused, but cops are looking into it
Officials had vital clues which led them to the accused robbers. The security guard who was shot in the abdomen is still hospitalised, but is in a stable condition.
The three robbers who intimidated a jewellery store owner on gunpoint at a shop situated at Naadi Ka Phatak area in Murlipura locality and decamped with valuables worth nearly Rs 80 lakh are also yet to be found, though cops claimed that they were very close to arrest the accused in the case.
Three armed robbers in an SUV, who might have been following the van, came out of the vehicle and overpowered the bank guards and the van’s staff. When guard Bhim Singh resisted, one of the robbers fired at him. A staff of the van, who also tried to stop the robbers, sustained injuries. The robbers then snatched the cash bag containing Rs 31.50 lakh.
ACP, crime, Ajay Pal Lamba told TOI, “We have uncovered important clues in the cases and arrested the accused based on those. We have recovered the entire amount of money as well as three weapons which were used by the accused. We have also increased the patrolling in the city as festival season has started and will ensure that the criminals see heavy police presence in Jaipur.”
While picketing has been done in Jaipur, more cops have been equipped with weapons.
Murlipura SHO Ram Avtar said, “We are following a few leads in the robbery, but it is not possible to divulge the details as it would hamper the investigation.”
Stating that officials have not found any evidence in both the cases to indicate that the robberies were an inside job Lamba added, “At present it appears to be the work of a local gang, but it does not seem that the same gang was involved in both the robberies.”