Dehradun jewellery robbery: Reward of Rs 2 lakh each declared on two key accused

Dehradun jewellery robbery The Uttarakhand Police has identified the two main accused belonging to the notorious gang that carried out a daylight robbery in a jewellery showroom recently and announced a reward of Rs 2 lakh each for information leading to their arrest reported the PTIAccording to the news agency the Uttarakhand DGP Ashok Kumar said the police are investigating the robbery case on priorityThe robbers had entered the jewellery showroom located in front of St Josephs School on the citys busiest Rajpur Road around 1030 am on November 9They held the showroom staff at gunpoint and escaped with diamond and gold jewellery estimated to be worth Rs 1520 after stuffing those in bags as per the PTIThe audacious heist created a stir in the city as the State Foundation Day celebrations were being held at the police linesThe PTI reported Dehradun Senior Superintendent of Police SSP Ajai Singh said the police has announced a reward of Rs 2 lakh each on Prince Kumar and Vikram Kushwaha the two main accused in the case who are both residents of Dilawarpur village in Bihars Vaishali districtCases of murder robbery kidnapping and other serious crimes are registered against the duoThe suspects are also reportedly wanted in the robbery of Rs 14 crore that took place at the jewellery showroom in Sangli Maharashtra on June 14 this year Singh saidThey are dreaded criminals and raids are being conducted in Bihar and other states by several police teams to arrest them the SSP saidThe police officer said a case has been registered against Prince Kumar for allegedly shooting dead Luv Kumar Singh husband of Poonam Devi the head of his Dilawarpur village along with his associates in June 2020 while Vikram Kushwaha has been booked for kidnapping a man identified as Subodh Paswan and firing at villagers who came to save him according to the PTISingh said two coaccused who helped in the incident have also been arrested Rohit the accused who was funding the accused was arrested from Ambala while Vishal Kumar was arrested for providing logisticsPolice remand of gang leader Subodh Kumar was taken by Latur Police of Maharashtra and during that time the Dehradun Police team sent to interrogate him got many important pieces of informationSingh said Subodh used to transfer money to the accused from inside the jail during the incident Information has been received that even before the Dehradun incident money was transferred in the accounts of the accused involved in the incidentDuring interrogation it was revealed that before carrying out any incident the accused used to park different vehicles at a distance of 4050 km and the drivers were allowed to take only twothree persons or the goods given by them to drop them at a predetermined location They were not given any other informationThe accused were also not told anything other than each others name and their role in the incident so that if anyone was caught he would not be able to give any further information about the others the SSP saidThe gang used to get cash by selling the looted jewellery in Nepal at 70 per cent of the price and after they would divide the amount among themselves laterThe Subodh gang has allegedly targeted Reliance showrooms Manappuram Gold and Muthoot Finance branches in states such as West Bengal Maharashtra Madhya Pradesh Haryana and Rajasthan getting away with jewellery worth crores of rupeesThis gang also robbed Rs 90 lakh in cash and gold worth Rs 30 lakh from Axis Bank in Bhiwadi the SSP saidwith PTI inputs