Shashank Shekhar

Bokaro ( Jharkhand) : Although Bokaro police are yet to arrest the mastermind of Bokaro  SBI bank heist case Hasan Chikna of Malda, Bengal, who along with his ten members of his gang had stolen gold and diamond ornaments besides cash worth more than Rs 15 crores by cutting down the most  ‘secured claimed’ 72 bank lockers in the heart of Bokaro Steel  City on December 25, 2017, they have succeeded in arrested 8 criminals involved in the crime. Polce have also recovered ornaments  and cash worth more than Rs 1.40 crore.

Apart from arresting 8 criminals, police also nabbed four other members of the gang who  were trying to sell off the stolen ornaments. But, cops have failed to arrest Hasan Chikna, the kingpin of the gang, his wife Firdausi Bibi, a  named accused as she is trying to dispose of the stolen ornaments as per revelation made by arrested criminals, and two others: Shamim Miyan and Akabar Ansari, so far.

Bokaro SP Kartik S  stated that with arrest of  Sharif Khan alias Raja (brother-in-law  of Hasan Chikna) from Muslimpur Mohalla of Malda on April 7, 2018, and recovery of  600 grams  of stolen gold which were given to him by Firdaus Biwi to sell it in market, it is now clear that Hasan Chikna, who is feared to have  escaped to Bangladesh, and his wife are  desperate to sell off  the  stolen jewellery. It is a challenging task for Firdaus as  she still  possesses major part of stolen ornaments. Police recovered the 600 gm gold from an ornament shop of Malda. A staff of the shop was also arrested.

“After taking arrest warrant, we have even taken permission for attachment of  all their immovable property which includes a palatial  house of Hasan Chikna at Malda and it will be executed in next few days. We  are on verge of  cracking the case and recover rest of the ornaments,” stated SP Karthik S  on April 12, 2018.

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