Prayagraj:Three illegal hostel inmates loot onions, one held

Looted onions, cash and vehicles used in the crime were recovered from the accused. The arrested accused and his two accomplices are illegal occupants in Holland Hall hostel of the Allahabad University and efforts are on to trace the other two, police said.

The Colonelganj police on Monday nabbed a looter involved in snatching cash and looting onions from traders outside the Allahabad University on Sunday night.

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Looted onions, cash and vehicles used in the crime were recovered from the accused. The arrested accused and his two accomplices are illegal occupants in Holland Hall hostel of the Allahabad University and efforts are on to trace the other two, police said.

SSP Prayagraj Shailesh Kumar Pandey said that traders Sandeep Kumar Bhartiya and Priyanshu Kushwaha were transporting 34 quintals of onions from Jasra Mandi to Pratapgarh in their pickup truck on Sunday night when their vehicle was intercepted by three car-borne miscreants outside the university.

The miscreants demanded Rs1 lakh cash from the traders and held them hostage in their car when they refused to pay the amount. The miscreants took the traders inside the Holland Hall hostel and dumped the onions in a nearby vegetable market with the intention of selling them. The pickup vehicle was returned to the traders and cash ₹11,500 was snatched from them. The traders approached Colonelganj police following which an FIR was lodged against the unidentified persons on their complaint.

Krishna Kumar informed police that he committed the loot with the help of his two aides Kaushik Singh and Vijay Singh Chandel. SSP further informed that the trio was illegally living at Holland Hall hostel and were not enrolled in any course at AU. However, during questioning they claimed that they were students of some college in the Naini area. Their past criminal records are being scanned and gangster act will also be slapped against them, SSP added.