Bhopal: Agniveer among 2 arrested for looting jeweller at gunpoint
August 19, 2024 - PatialaPolitics
Bhopal: Agniveer among 2 arrested for looting jeweller at gunpoint
A man who is an Agniveer from the Indian Army and six others have been arrested in connection with robbing jewellery and cash worth over Rs 50 lakh after storming into a jewellery shop in Bhopal and holding the shop employee at gunpoint, police said.
According to Bhopal Police Commissioner Harinarayanchari Mishra, the accused, Mohit Singh Baghel, the Agniveer (a soldier on a short-term contract), was posted in Punjab’s Pathankot and was on leave, and had been in Bhopal to meet his brother-in-law. Baghel had planned the robbery intending to pay off his brother-in-law’s house loan and then enjoy himself with the remaining money, Mishra said