Barbil/Dhanbad: In a major breakthrough in the Barbil Bank robbery case, Keonjhar police have arrested two prime accused from Dhanbad city in neighbouring Jharkhand.
A total of 288 gram of gold worth over Rs 40 lakh, robbed from the Bank of Maharashtra in Barbil town January 19, was recovered following the arrests in a two-day joint operation by police forces of Jharkhand and Odisha in Dhanbad’s Nirsa and Sindri areas, they said.
A total of 3.7 kg gold and Rs 4 lakh in cash were robbed from the bank by six masked men, they added. Addressing a press conference in Dhanbad Saturday, SP (Dhanbad City) Ritvik Srivastava and Keonjhar’s ASP Pratyush Mahapatra said two four-wheelers used in the robbery were also seized.
Those arrested were identified as Rajkumar Singh (27) of Bihar’s Jamui and Kunal Raj Verma (33) of Nirsa. Mahapatra said the duo was the mastermind of the robbery, and a hunt is on to nab the others involved.
