Cops arrest five, recover looted valuables

PATNA: A trendy lifestyle, albeit on somebody else`s moolah, prompted three students to commit crime. They looted cash, jewellery and other valuables worth lakhs of rupees from the house of a retired professor, Nilu Singh, a resident of Arya Apartment in Patel Nagar under Shastrinagar police station, on May 8.
Now they have landed in police custody with the looted valuables. SSP Alok Kumar on Sunday said that five youths have been arrested in this connection. They have been identified as Vaibhav Vishal, a Class X student of DAV, BSEB, Shastrinagar, Ravi Kumar, a 10+2 student of LBS School, Raju Kumar alias Aditya (an Intermediate student), Amit Kumar, a washerman, who ironed clothes at Arya Apartment, and Rajesh Kumar Yadav, a betel shop owner at Sahdeo Path and native of Bishariya village under Ladnia police station in Madhubani district.
The SSP said that soon after the incident, a police team led by Shachivalaya ASP Satyveer Singh was constituted. He said that during investigation, the police team came to know that the criminals had on May 9 and 10 drawn Rs 48,000 cash with the help of ATM cards looted from Nilu`s residence. The police team interrogated several persons of shady characters and arrested main accused Vishal and Ravi, he added.
Alok said that during interrogation both the arrested youths admitted that they had carried out the crime with the help of Amit and Aditya. The police team carried out raids and recovered looted jewellery, silver utensils, Rs 72,000 cash, camera, cellphones and ATM cards, he said.
The SSP said that the arrested youths revealed that they handed over some looted valuables to Yadav to sell them. Yadav after his arrest told the police that he had kept the valuables at his native village. A police team reached there and recovered the looted valuables, he added.
Alok said that the looted valuables included four gold bracelets, a nose ring, a mangtika, Rs 72,000 cash, four silver bowls, three silver glasses, a silver sindurdani, two silver coins, a silver plate, a big silver bowl, a silver kajrauta, a silver saree pin, a camera, a cellphone with sim and a ATM card.
The SSP said that Amit gathered all vital information about the retired professor. He said that greed of these students to lead a lavish life led them to the crime world. "Pocket money thora milta tha aur mauj masti karna chahte they (they got little pocket money, but wanted to enjoy life in a better way)," said Alok.