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The Kochi City constabulary person taken 5 radical into custody and seized 2 cars successful transportation with a robbery of ₹81 lakh from a alloy trading steadfast astatine Kundannur connected Wednesday adjacent arsenic 3 men, who allegedly took distant the wealth by brandishing lethal weapons, were inactive connected the run.
Two of the 5 men successful custody person been identified arsenic Saji and Vishnu, portion the constabulary person not revealed the individuality of the remaining 3 who are suspected to beryllium accomplices of the duo.
Saji was taken into custody from Kochi and Vishnu from Thrissur, District Police Chief (Kochi city) Putta Vimaladitya told mediapersons connected Thursday.
The relation of some Saji and Vishnu successful the transgression has go wide and they would beryllium arraigned arsenic accused successful the case, the serviceman said.
“The incidental happened astatine a alloy store tally by 1 Subin and ₹81 lakh has been stolen. A elaborate probe supervised by Ernakulam ACP is on. The 3 masked men who carried retired the robbery are yet to beryllium nabbed. The stolen wealth and the weapons utilized by the accused are besides to beryllium recovered,” Mr. Vimaladitya said.
Saji is an accomplice of Subin and is suspected to person been alert of the beingness of the ample sum of wealth astatine the shop. Saji was contiguous astatine the store erstwhile the alleged transgression took place, constabulary sources said earlier.
Subin connected Wednesday claimed that helium had withdrawn the wealth from slope for purchasing materials. The territory constabulary main connected Thursday said the root of the stolen wealth was besides being verified.
The constabulary seized 1 car from Thrissur and the different 1 from a antithetic location, Mr. Vimaladitya said. One of the cars is suspected to beryllium the conveyance successful which the pack fled aft the crime. The vehicles were recovered abandoned, the constabulary serviceman said.
“We are verifying who the cars beryllium to and who arranged them. The inheritance of those successful custody are besides being verified,” Mr. Vimaladitya said.
The alleged transgression happened astatine the store astir 3 p.m. erstwhile the 3 men rushed to the store and took distant the wealth which was reportedly being counted. The robbers reportedly fled the country aft wielding a weapon and swords astatine those successful the shop. The constabulary said it was yet to beryllium verified if the weapon was a existent one.
