Interstate gang busted, robbery plan in Vizag foiled: police

Central crime station police here alongwith their counterparts from West Bengal have nabbed two members of a gang of robbers from Bihar.

The police also seized weapons including five automatic .32 foreign-make pistols and a country-made pistol alongwith ammunition with their arrest yesterday.

The gang had planned to strike at offices of Muthoot Finance, Mannapuram Finance and a few banks and jewellery shops in Visakhapatnam, police claimed. Those arrested were identified as Thakur Anurag Kumar Singh alias Jacky and Sunny Kumar Singh.

DCP (crime) T Ravi Kumar Murthy said two members of the gang, Sasanth Singh and Manoj Kumar, were arrested at Pusapatirega in Vizianagaram district and another member, Mukesh Prasadwas, was arrested at Rajamahendravaram.

Their questioning led the police to Jacky and Sunny who were arrested from RK Beach area in Vizag city yesterday.

The gang had committed an armed robbery at a finance company in Nagpur, Maharashtra, and made good with 30 kg of gold in July 2016, and looted the office of Manappuram Finance in December 2016 at Barrackpore in West Bengal and decamped with 30 kg of gold and cash, police said.

Kingpin of the gang Subodh Kumar Singh alias Kumar Gaurav was absconding, police said.

The gang members had planned to meet in RK Beach area today to carry out a robbery. Jacky and Sunny came here on January 29, purchased a motorbike and conduced recce of a few offices including Manappuram and Muthoot, the DCP said.

All the arrested accused were taken to Kolkata for further probe, he said.

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