POLICE ARRESTED ANOTHER PERSON REGARDING TANISHQ JEWELLERY SHOWROOM ROBBERY

POLICE ARRESTED ANOTHER PERSON REGARDING TANISHQ JEWELLERY SHOWROOM ROBBERY

15-FEB-ENG 4

RAJIV NAYAN AGRAWAL

ARA---------------------------Police have arrested the person who provided shelter to the criminals involved in the infamous Tanishq Jewellery Showroom robbery case in Bhojpur and the state. He is Mr. Ram Singh, a resident of Ekauna village in the Barhara police station area. Under the direction of Superintendent of Police Raj, City Police Station Head Devraj Rai, along with police force, arrested him from his home on Saturday.

According to the police, the arrested Mr. Ram Singh had sheltered five criminals in his home for three days before the Tanishq Showroom robbery. The five criminals, along with their accomplices, carried out the robbery on March 10th. Police are conducting extensive interrogation of the arrested Mr. Ram Singh. To date, the police have arrested 25 criminals in this case.

It should be noted that on March 10th, at around 10:30 a.m., criminals raided the Tanishq Jewellery showroom, located near Sheeshmahal Chowk in the city's busiest Nagar police station area, and looted jewellery worth approximately Rs 10 crore. The showroom guard's licensed rifle was also snatched. However, within a few hours, two criminals from Saran were arrested during an encounter with the police near Babura Chhoti Bridge in the Barhara police station area. Two bags of stolen jewellery were recovered from the criminals who were injured by gunfire. The rifle snatched from the guard was also recovered at the arrested criminals' behest. However, the criminals had fled with the remaining jewellery. During interrogation, the arrested criminals admitted to carrying out the robbery at the behest of Chandan Kumar alias Prince of Vaishali, who is currently in jail in West Bengal.