Fifth accused in Nagpur jeweller's shop armed robbery arrested from Andaman and Nicobar

Nagpur: After a long investigation, police have arrested the fifth accused in the case of an armed robbery worth lakhs at a jeweller's shop in MIDC. After arrests in Uttar Pradesh and Haryana, the fifth accused was picked up from Andaman and Nicobar in a joint operation by MIDC police and the Crime Branch. Police have so far recovered goods, including jewellery, worth Rs 53.75 lakh.

On the evening of October 3, jewellery worth Rs 40 lakh was looted at gunpoint from Dhomne Jewellers, opposite Mahakali Bar on Hingna Road, Nagpur. Employee Shubham Hadge was assaulted during the robbery. Police took the crime seriously and carried out raids in Uttar Pradesh and Haryana. With the help of local police and the use of AI technology, they advanced the investigation.

On this basis, Abhishek Singh Thakur, Jayram alias Jogi Thakur, Shubhankit Nileshkumar Chaturvedi and Rajan Sami Sharma were arrested. The fifth accused, 34-year-old Muntakil Ganeer Ahmed, however, remained out of police reach. He was arrested in Andaman and Nicobar, thousands of kilometres from Nagpur.

Ahmed is a trader in Andaman and Nicobar. He has been found involved in a crime for the first time. He knows Rajan Sharma. Rajan and his associates themselves gave police information about Ahmed.

Rajan is extremely cunning and is the mastermind of the robbery. As part of his plan, he had named Ahmed as the mastermind and said the jewellery was with him. The truth emerged after Ahmed's arrest.

During the investigation, police also recovered 165 grams of gold and 70 grams of small gold items from the gold that was sold to jewellers in Uttar Pradesh. So far, goods worth Rs 53.75 lakh have been recovered from the accused.