Sambalpur: In the Sambalpur gold jewellery loot case, police has been successful in nabbing a robber from Ranchi. He was identified as Ajay Paswan. According to information, the Hatia unit of Railway Protection Force (RPF) has caught the robber. After that he was handed over to Sambalpur police. As many as six to seven robbers wearing helmets, threatened the employees with guns and looted 30 kg of gold jewellery and hard cash of Rs 4 lakhs. The robbery happened in Manappuram Finance Limited Company in the Budharaja area under Ainthapali police limits in Sambalpur district on January 3 in the broad daylight. “When we tried to stop them, they pulled out their guns and threatened us. They even manhandled us to shut our mouths,” stated the Assistant branch head Sudhir Rath. “After that four others instructed me to open the lockers. The stole away 29 kgs of gold jewellery and Rs 4.81 lakh and ran away in three bikes towards the highway,” he added. Soon after, police launched a manhunt to nab the robbers in the Sambalpur gold jewellery loot case. Police laid its hands on the photographs of two of the robbers. Police further announced a bounty of Rs 1 lakh.
