The police have seized 288 grams of gold, two Scorpio vehicles and 4 cellphones from the accused. Nonetheless, six extra suspects concerned within the theft are peaceable absconding.
Rs 5 Cr-Financial institution of Maharashtra heist in Odisha: Two accused arrested Photograph: (OTV)
In a predominant breakthrough, two accused have been arrested from Dhanbad in Jharkhand on Saturday in connection with the theft case at the Financial institution of Maharashtra department at Barbil in Keonjhar.
As per reports, the robbers have been introduced to Barbil this day. The arrested accused have been acknowledged as Raja Kumar Singh and Munal Raj Verma, every residents of Dhanbad
After being introduced to town, the police paraded the accused on foot from shut to the SDPO pronounce of job to the Financial institution of Maharashtra department and for a ways beyond.
The police have seized 288 grams of gold, two Scorpio vehicles and 4 cellphones from the accused. Nonetheless, six extra suspects concerned within the theft are peaceable absconding. Police suspect that the closing accused also can fair have fled from Jharkhand to Bihar.
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The theft took pronounce on January 19, when miscreants looted gold adorns weighing around six kilograms, valued at roughly Rs 5 crore, along with Rs 8 lakh in cash from the lockers of the bank. The accused had fled the scene on three motorcycles.
The Barbil SDPO acknowledged that operations are persevering with to arrest the closing accused concerned within the case.
“Two accused have been arrested in connection with the robbery case at the Bank of Maharashtra branch on January 19. Around 288 grams of gold have been seized from them. Efforts are underway to arrest the other accused. Hopefully, they will be arrested soon,” acknowledged Barbil SDPO Debendra Nath Pingua.
