Former cash carriers' driver tipped off gang on Rs 3-crore heists
LUCKNOW, Nov. 13 -- The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) on Thursday arrested an alleged member of an inter-district gang accused of looting Rs.3.02 crore from cash carriers of spice and agricultural produce traders in four daylight robberies in Lucknow between May and October this year.
The accused, Amrit Lal Pal, allegedly provided the gang with information about cash carriers' identities, residences, business establishments, routes, vehicles and movement schedules.
The STF recovered Rs.3.90 lakh of the looted money and a mobile phone from him.
Pal, a native of Pratapgarh who was living in Lucknow's Gomti Nagar area, was arrested near Gwari crossing around 6.38 pm on Thursday. He was wanted in an FIR registered at Gomti Nagar police station (case number 491/2026).
According to the STF, Pal had earlier worked as an auto-rickshaw driver, transporting cash carriers associated with traders travelling between Gujarat and Lucknow. During this work, he became familiar with their cash transportation arrangements and movement patterns.
Investigators said he allegedly used this information to plan robberies with local criminals.
The STF attributed four major robberies to the information allegedly supplied by Pal: Rs.22 lakh in Viraj Khand under Vibhuti Khand police station limits on May 2; Rs.45 lakh in Virat Market under Gomti Nagar on July 3; Rs.80 lakh near Mayo Hospital on September 3; and Rs.1.55 crore in Ashiana on October 24....
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