Mangaluru : The city and the district police jointly nabbed a gang of five men who fled away after robbing a businessman of Rs. 4.5 lakh on Monday night ofOctober 5.
The police arrested the gang within an hour. Sujith Bhandary, Shreyansh Jain and Amalraj, all from Suratkal, and Manjunath Nageshappa from Ballari arrested at Konaje.
According to Vital police, Subash Nayak was returning in his car to his house with the day’s earning.
Five men came in a vehicle and blocked his way. The robbers fired in air using a pistol and then snatched the bag containing cash. The robbers then left the scene around 9 p.m.
Addressing a press meet here on Tuesday October 6, SP Sharanappa said,a team of Vitla police was chased the vehicle and Information has been passed on to the city police to keep a watch on the vehicle used by the robbers.
The Ullal and Konaje police teams, led by SI Bharati and SI Sudhakar intercepted the Sumo at Konaje and arrested the gang. They recovered all the cash robbed from Nayak, and also seized the Sumo, he said.