COPS FOIL DACOITY BID IN BERHAMPUR FIVE HELD

II ODISHA BARTA II

Berhampur: The Bada Bazar police cracked the Rs 50 lakh loot case in Berhampur and arrested five looters. An amount of Rs 36.77 lakh were seized out of the total loot amount Rs 50 lakh from the possession of the looters.

In a Press meet SP, Berhampur Mr Pinak Mishra told to scribe that the Bada Bazar police arrested five Veteran criminals on the night of 05/06.02.2020 for committing dacoity in respect of cash of Rs. 500, 00000/- (fifty Lakhs) during transit from Sri-Ram Nagar Berhampur to Bhubaneswar on 23.01.2020 around 3.30PM.The Money belongs to Khusi Trading Company which deals with supply of Readymade Garments to some readymade garments shop of Berhampur.

It has been ascertained that the above cash worth was being carried by Chakadola Majhi in a bus and the following criminals along with others forcibly took away the same enroot at Balugaon.

Basing on the written report of Sri Ashok Kumar Mundhra of Kolkata, Bada Bazar P.S case No 14 dt. 25.01.2020 u/s 379 was registered.

The case has turned to sec 120(B)/395/412 IPC/ Sec 25 (1-B) a/27 Arms Act. A sum of RS 36, 77000/-, Jewellery of Rs 47000/-, one Oppo Mobile phone (worth Rs 20,000/-) purchased out of the robbed amount has been seized. One pulser MC, 6 numbers of mobile phones used by the culprits has seized.

Investigation is going on to know the persons who have handed over the money to Khushi Trading Company which was transporting the cash to Kolkata through Chakadola Majhi.Mishra said.

The accused persons identified as; Sunil Bisoi (25) of Dhepa Sahi, Lanjipally , Gosaninuagaon,Muna Moharana (24) , Sri-ram Nagar 3rd Line Bada Bazar,Partik Dalai (22) of Mathura Nagar, Aska Road ,Bada Bazar,.Raja Choudhury @ Stylish Lucky (23), Vill-Kankarada, PS,Patapur, Ganjam and Niranjana Gouda (50) Vill-Bhabinipur, PS-Sadar, Berhampur (Receiver).All they forwarded to the court.

Police sources said, however, two persons involved in the loot case are still at large.