22-kg gold, Rs5 lakh looted, two nabbed

Abohar, June 15

The Rajasthan Police today claimed to have recovered about 22 kg of gold and Rs 5 lakh that four members of an interstate gang had looted from the Churu office of Manappuram Gold Finance Company yesterday.

Churu SP Narayan Ram Togas said two suspects — Anish Thakur of Mohali and Shadab of Muzaffarnagar (UP) — were caught near Hisar, but Patiala resident Ranjeet Singh ‘Fauji’, a sacked commando of the National Security Guard (NSG), who masterminded the robbery, managed to escape with Amjad of Muzaffarnagar.

Along with gold and money, two pistols, two knives, two stolen motorcycles and the car in which they escaped after committing the crime were also recovered. The value of the looted gold is around Rs 12 crore.

The SP said two miscreants who escaped after locking the employees in the bathroom, were caught late last evening at Sirsala Chowk, about 50 km from Hisar. More than two dozen cases of murder and robbery had been registered against these miscreants in different states. In November and March, the gang had committed robbery and dacoity of Rs 80 and 50 lakh. — OC