Four Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel, including an Assistant Commandant, were arrested on Friday by the police headed by Nabarangpur district SP Niti Kumar and Umarkote SDPO Ashok Sahu at Kundei on the charge of dacoity. The four were identified as assistant commandant Ramdas Meena, , Havildar Jagu Singh and two constables Basir Mohammad and Ajeet Das, all from 8th Battalion of CRPF.
According to sources, a team of CRPF personnel were deployed near the Khiloli check-post under Raighar block bordering the State of Chhattisgarh
As per an FIR lodged by one Sohan Golcha, a goldsmith of Nagri town in Chhattisgarh, on Tuesday that at about 12.30 pm while he was travelling to the weekly market of Hatabharandi under Raighar block by his car for business purposes the four jawans detained his vehicle near the Khiloli checkpost and asked him to show the papers of the vehicle. Finding the briefcase in the car which was containing gold amounting to Rs 30 lakh, the jawans forced him to come to their camp for further interrogation.
Thereafter, the jawans allegedly took away the briefcase and illegally detained him along with his driver and servant demanding cash of Rs 6 lakh. Finding no way out, the goldsmith telephoned one of his family members through the mobile phone of one of the jawans to bring the money. After the payment was made, the jawans handed over the briefcase and freed them with a threat not to inform about the incident to anybody. Finding the briefcase empty on the way, he lodged the FIR, before Kundi police satiation Golcha stated.
Police have recovered Rs 6.62 lakh cash and 22.63 gram of gold ornaments from the four which they had allegedly looted on Monday from the trader, identified as Sohel Gulcha of Chhattishgarh. The police arrested the alleged four culprits and forwarded to Umerkote Court
