JAMMU: A day after Rs 1.65 crore was burgled from a bank near Jammu, police on Tuesday claimed to have solved the case with the arrest of one of the accused, and recovered Rs 1.53 crore cash.
Addressing a press conference, Kathua SSP Romesh C Kotwal said, “We have cracked the bank robbery case by arresting one accused and recovered stolen cash of Rs 1,53,86,290 within 24 hours.”
A case had been registered at Kathua police station on the written complaint of HDFC Bank’s Hatli Morh branch manager Ashok Kumar that two unidentified criminals entered the premises through the terrace and after overpowering the guard, looted nearly Rs 1.65 crore.
Police recovered Rs 1,36,87250 from the residence of Sukhvinder and Rs 16,99,040 from another location.
