A former Army man was arrested for allegedly being involved in a robbery of a gold loan company in Jaipur, a senior officer of city police said on Monday.
The man, identified as Brijesh from Nawalgarh of Jhunjhunu district, was recently arrested in Delhi in connection with the robbery of jewellery worth Rs 9 crore from the IIFL gold loan company last November, police commissioner Bhupendra Dad said in Jaipur. Three pistols, 31 live cartridges and a luxury bike were seized from his possession, he added.
"After thoroughly investigating the robbery, we identified some criminal of the Shekhawati region of the state. And zeroed in on Brijesh in Delhi and arrested him," he said.
Brijesh joined the Indian Army as paratrooper in 199 but was sacked in 2011 following his involvement in a crime, the commissioner added. Brijesh along with six others conducted the robbery, he said, adding, that his accomplices identified as Sanjay Singh (a screening coordinator at the IGI airport), one Manish Bajia (engineer), Surendra Meel, Rakesh Meen, Mandeep Dhaka, Rajveer Charki have being located and would soon be nabbed.
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