Dhamtari. A young man and a girl who robbed a jewelery shop at pistol point in Bhakhara have been arrested. The police had registered crime number 02/2024 section 392 of Indian Penal Code at Bhakhara police station on the report of two unknown girls and boys entering the shop with scarfs around their mouths and robbing Ranihar at pistol point at Durga Jewelers located in Bhakhara owned by Tarun Soni. . The unknown accused were being traced.
During the investigation, the CCTV footage from the incident site Bhakhara to Raipur city was studied in detail by the cyber team and police station Bhakhara. The suspects were seen in CCTV footage going to Laxmi Nagar Colony, Pachpedi Naka, Raipur, for whose whereabouts the team was continuously monitoring Laxmi Nagar Colony and surrounding colonies and searching for them by appointing informers.
On the information of the informer, the suspected accused were caught and interrogated in Laxmi Nagar Colony under their watch, who revealed their names as Arpit Lal Markam and Priyanka Israni and told that on 03.01.2024, on the pretext of buying gold at Durga Jewelers Bhakhara, they showed a pistol to the shopkeeper and threatened him. The robbery was accepted and the looted necklace and 01 no. country made pistol, 01 no. Under this, the accused are being arrested and sent on judicial remand.
Arrested accused :-
01 Arpit Lal Markam Father Dinesh Lal Markam Age 29 years Sakin Budhapara Ward Number 46
Police Station City Kotwali Near Raipur
02 Priyanka Israni Father Naresh Israni Age 20 years Sakin Budhapara Ward Number 46 Police Station City Kotwali Near Raipur