Mandla’s ₹2-crore loot mastermind nabbed in Bihar:Robbers had looted jewellery-laden bag and fled; gang-leader Khalid had said ‘life would be set’

The mastermind behind the robbery of more than 2 crores from Ayushi Jewelers in Mandla, has been arrested from Bihar. Late Thursday night, Madhya Pradesh Police conducted a joint raid with Muzaffarpur Police and arrested three criminals including the mastermind from Sadar, Baruraj and Paru police station areas. The arrested accused include mastermind Mohammad Khalid, resident of Rampurwa Akhada in Baruraj police station area, Shashi Kumar from ward 31 of Atardah in Sadar police station area, and Krishna Kumar Singh from Gyaspur of Paru police station. Police also seized Khalid’s car used in the incident. On Friday, SI Shafiq Khan of Kotwali Mandla police station filed an application in court to take the three accused on 48-hour transit remand. Police have also seized their mobile phones. Police are continuously conducting raids to recover the stolen gold and silver jewelry. Got clue from CCTV footage
After the incident, police identified two cars of the criminals. Along with dumping mobile towers, CCTV footage from several toll plazas was examined in the direction of criminals’ escape. Both cars were identified and the car owners were traced, which led police directly to mastermind Khalid. After his arrest, police got information about Shashi and Krishna. 55-year-old Khalid had planned the entire conspiracy. He had involved criminals not only from Bihar but also from Madhya Pradesh. During interrogation, he revealed names and addresses of several associates, on whom five special teams are continuously conducting raids. SDPO West 1 Suchitra Kumari said that Madhya Pradesh Police has arrested three people in the raid. No jewelry has been recovered. The criminal history of mastermind Khalid is being investigated. See the complete sequence of events in 3 pictures… Krishna from Gyaspur of Paru fired the shot
The Madhya Pradesh Police has interrogated all three arrested criminals and recorded their statements. Krishna Kumar Singh said that he is a resident of Gyaspur (Paru) and works as a laborer. He met Khalid, who told him about a jeweler’s shop in Mandla that keeps two to two and a half kilos of gold, which they planned to rob. It was described as a big job that would set them up for life. On November 17, Khalid went with Shashi and Krishna in his car via Katni to Jabalpur and Indore and then reached Mandla. There they made contact with local criminals Pankaj Thakur, Lavkush, Shani, Azhar and others. Krishna admitted that during the incident, when Ayush resisted, he was the one who fired the shot. The incident occurred on November 20, businessman was shot upon resistance. The incident took place between 7:15 and 7:30 in the evening of November 20. Put pistol on staff’s head and said – drop the bag
Akshans Soni and his brother Ayush Soni run a business at Ayushi Jewelers in front of Hanuman Temple located in Katra Mandla. Bobby Yadav works as an employee in the shop. As usual, Bobby was going to put two bags containing gold and silver jewelry in the car parked in front of the shop to close for the day. At that time, a car came speeding from Mandla’s direction and stopped. Three armed criminals got out of the car, while the driver remained seated in the car. One of the criminals put a pistol to Bobby’s head and told him to place the bag there. Out of fear, Bobby dropped the bag. After this, one criminal entered the shop and asked Ayush to take out all the gold and silver kept in the shop. He started looting the gold and silver jewelry, which Ayush protested. At this, the criminal shot him with a pistol below his left knee. Ayush fell down covered in blood. After this, the criminals picked up the bag and fled in the car. The injured Ayush was treated at the district hospital by Bobby and Akshansh.