Raipur. A person who was a Subedar in BSF turned out to be the mastermind of Raipur robbery. He was currently working as a land broker. In the disclosure, the police told that Manoharan Velu lodged a report in Khamhardih police station that he lives with his sisters Prema Velu and Ranjani Velu in a rented house in house number D-14 in Anupam Nagar. On 11.02.2025, between 02:30 and 03:20 pm, the applicant was at home with his two sisters. The applicant was sitting in the living room of the house, his sister Ranjani was sitting in the next room and Prema was sleeping in the other room. At the same time, two persons wearing military uniform came inside the applicant’s house, who had covered their faces with handkerchiefs and asked if you have made any complaint, we have come to talk about that. During the conversation, another person wearing dark blue pants and covering his face with a handkerchief came inside the house from outside. At the same time, a person in uniform and a person wearing dark blue pants pushed the applicant and caught hold of his hands and legs and threw him on the ground. Another person wearing uniform brought a white towel from inside the house and tied his legs. The person without uniform tied his hands with white tape and put tape on his mouth. Then a person wearing uniform took out the pistol he had with him and said that if you make any noise, I will kill you. A man standing near him came from outside with his face covered with a handkerchief and a woman wearing yellow salwar with her face covered with a handkerchief came inside and went to Prema and Ranjani’s room. After some time, all five persons left the house and locked the door from outside. The sound of a car starting was heard outside. The applicant realized that they had left and he somehow removed the tape tied on his hand and then opened the tape on his mouth and the towel tied on his feet. Going to the adjacent room of Ranjani, the tape on her mouth and hands was opened. Then Ranjani told that a person threatened to kill her with a pistol, after putting tape on her mouth and hands, injected her once in her left arm and took away Rs. 60 lakhs kept in a pink colour bag and Rs. 5 lakhs kept in a black colour bag from inside the bed. Sister Prema told that a person gagged her mouth and said that he would kill her and at gunpoint injected her twice in her right arm and snatched the gold chain that the woman was wearing around her neck and opened the cupboard and took out two gold chains and Rs. 25,000 cash kept in it and also robbed her and Ranjani’s total of 03 mobile phones. Four unknown masked men and one unknown masked woman entered the house of the applicant and threatened to kill the applicant and his two sisters with a pistol and took away a total of Rs. 65,25,000 in cash, three gold chains weighing about 06 tola and three mobile phones worth about Rs. 66,00,000. On the report of the applicant, a case number 42/25 under sections 310(2), 331(5), 123, 351(3) BNS 25, 27 of Arms Act was registered against the unknown accused in Khamhardih police station.
A person who was a Subedar in BSF turned out to be the mastermind of Raipur robbery, was currently doing land brokerage
