PONDA: A case of robbery that had occured at a busy Ponda street surfaced after a Karnataka-based goldsmith identified the two accused, arrested for assaulting ASI Jeetendra Naik, as robbers who had snatched his bag containing Rs 6 lakh worth gold.
The robbery had taken place on the night of September 30 near Safa Masjid, Shapur-Ponda.
The accused, Krishna Khadka, 30, a Nepali, Shubham Naik, 28, a resident of Panditwada-Ponda and Sahil Mulla, 22, a native of Karnataka, were allegedly involved in the robbery.
Ponda PI Mohan Gaude said the goldsmith, Raju Vernekar from Gadag-Karnataka, approached them after he identified Khadka and Shubham from the photographs published in newspapers.
He said there were three youths involved in bag-snatching case. Mulla was named by the duo after their arrest in the robbery case. Police picked up Mulla who was in judicial custody in an drugs peddling case.
“We have recovered three mangalsutras worth Rs 4.5 lakh from the accused and one is yet to be recovered,” Gaude said.
The Ponda police have booked the trio under Section 392, read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code.
The accused have been remanded in police custody for six days for further investigation, inoder to probe whether the accused are involved in any other cases.