NE NEWS SERVICE
HYDERABAD, JAN 23
As many as 7 members of inter-state gang of dacoits, which allegedly struck at Muthoot Finance at Hosur in Krishnagiri district of Tamil Nadu, has been arrested here and gold ornaments weighing about 25 kgs have been recovered, police said on Saturday.
Cyberabad Police Busted A Notorious Inter-State Dacoity Gang And Recovered Gold Ornaments About 25 Kgs pic.twitter.com/242uncs1w3
— Cyberabad Police (@cyberabadpolice) January 23, 2021
The armed gang threatened the employees and decamped with the booty on Friday, according to a Cyberabad police press release here.
After being informed by the Krishnagiri district police and representatives of the firm about the dacoity, all police stations on inter-state borders were alerted, the release said.
Armed police check-posts were set up at some toll plazas near here, the release said. After a SUV in which some of the accused were travelling crossed a toll plaza, police identified the vehicle and apprehended the accused.
The police then intercepted a container-lorry in which the loot and the weapons were kept, it said. Police recovered the ornaments weighing about 25 kgs, seven weapons, a container-lorry, a SUV and Rs 93,000 in cash. Seven members of the gang were arrested, the release said.
