Sonarpur robbery: Another woman held, arrests mount to 4
According to reports, acting on a tip-off, police raided a house at Champahati area in South 24 Parganas and booked a middle-aged woman, Kohinoor Bibi, who reportedly gave shelter provided firearms to the dacoits.
Earlier on Sunday late evening, at least seven dacoits armed with guns and choppers robbed a jewellery shop, D.S. Debnath Jewellers, at Sonarpur Rail Gate (East) area, metres away from Sonarpur Police Station and Sonarpur railway station.
Owner of the shop, Dipak Debnath, was killed and three more persons, including a woman, were seriously injured when miscreants reportedly opened fire and hurled crude bombs during escape.
After starting investigation into the case, police arrested three persons, including a Bangladeshi dacoit, an autorickshaw driver and a woman, from different locations of the same district and based on their statements, investigators nabbed Kohinoor Bibi.
"After quizzing the arrested, we have come to know that a Bangladeshi dacoits' gang led the robbery after taking help from local miscreants," a senior official of Baruipur police district told IBNS.
"Our officers will go to Bangladesh to probe the matter and to catch others involved in the robbery as we are suspecting that other gang members have returned to their home after completing operation in Sonarpur," the official added.
However, Kohinoor Bibi was produced in a local court in Baruipur on Wednesday afternoon and was sent to police custody.
(Reporting by Deepayan Sinha)
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