Kanpur: A robber was arrested by Rajasthan police with the help of Railway Police Force here who had robbed more than Rs 1 crore from Jaipur shops and showrooms.
The Jaipur police told that Rajak was arrested from Kolkata bound train in Kanpur. The RPF lent its complete help.
According to the news reports he was trying to escape to Bangladesh on Thursday. He was identified as Mohammad Rajak, 33, a resident of Bihar's Katihar.
During the police investigation, it was learnt that Rajak robbed more than Rs 1 crore and jewellery items from shops and showrooms of the city," said a senior police officer of the Jaipur Police.
The Jaipur Police, on August 5, received a complaint that a shopkeeper's shop was looted in Kotwali police station jurisdiction. A team was assembled to arrest the criminals behind the act.
The city police during its investigation learnt that the robberies in the city were being carried out by the lone robber. He was the robber behind the robberies carried out in the last few months after watching the CCTV cameras near the crime scenes, cleared the police.
"We zeroed down on Rajak after noticing a similar pattern in the robberies. He used to go missing from roads soon after carrying out the crime," disclosed the police officer.
"During quizzing rajak confessed his crime. He told us that after committing robberies he used to escape to Bangladesh," added Jaipur Police.
Rajak also told that he had three wives. One lived in Bangladesh. "His wives were not aware of his criminal activities. He used to hide at his wife's house in Bangladesh after robbery," said an officer of Jaipur Police.
