Rs 1.53 cr recovered
Excelsior Correspondent
KATHUA, June 21: Kathua police has solved the HDFC Bank robbery case by arresting one person and recovering Rs 1.53 crore stolen from the Bank during the night of June 19 from him.
Police said one person was arrested and over Rs 1.53 crore stolen from the HDFC Bank’s Hatli Morh Branch, Kahtua was recovered today.
Another accused in the case is absconding and a hunt is on to nab him, they said.
“We have cracked a bank robbery case by arresting one accused and recovered stolen cash of Rs 1,53,86,290 within 24 hours,” Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Kathua, Romesh Chander Kotwal told reporters today.
Ashok Kumar, Branch Manager of HDFC Bank in Kathua, filed a complaint with the police alleging that two unidentified persons entered the Bank branch from a terrace door, tied the security guard and stole money, he said.
Approximately, Rs 1,65,00,000 was missing from the branch, Kotwal said.
A case was registered and investigation set into motion, he said.
A Special Investigation Team (SIT) under Additional SP of Kathua, Suresh Kumar Chib was constituted, the SSP said.
The team succeeded in arresting one person, identified as Jagandeep Singh, from Kathua, he said.
During questioning, he disclosed the location where the stolen cash was stashed as well as the name of another accused namely Sukhvinder Singh of Kathua, the SSP said.
In the presence of Executive Magistrate, tehsildar, Bikram Kumar and HDFC Bank Manager Kumar, Jagandeep Singh confessed his involvement in the robbery and on his disclosure the police team recovered Rs 1,36,87,250 from his residence and Rs 16,99,040 from the residence of another accused Sukhvinder Singh, he said.
“The search for Sukhvinder Singh is on,” Kotwal said.
The case was solved within 24 hours by the police, he said, adding the involvement of the accused in other cases cannot be ruled out.
It may be recalled that the two masked burglars intruded into the HDFC’s Hatli Bank branch during the late night of June 19 and tied the guard with a rod and decamped with Rs 1.63 crore cash after breaking the two doors with a cutter.
A police team led by DySP Headquarters, Shammi Kumar along with Inspector, O P Chib, SHO PS Kathua, PSI Ranbir Singh in charge Police Post, Hatli succeeded in arresting the accused today, police said.
It said a special team has been deputed to arrest the absconding burglar involved in the robbery.
Follow our WhatsApp channel
