Gorakhpur police mentioned they recovered Rs 19 lakh in money gold and silver worth Rs 16 lakhLucknow: Four policemen have been arrested for allegedly robbing a jeweller beneath the pretext of a checking drive on a highway in Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur. The 4 had been posted in Basti district, 200 km from state capital Lucknow.Two informants who helped the policemen track the jeweller ahead of creating their move have also been arrested, the Gorakhpur police mentioned in a statement.Sub-inspector Dharmendra Yadav and 3 other constables posted at the similar police station in Basti have been identified as the accused.The jeweller and his assistant had taken a bus from Gorakhpur to Lucknow on Wednesday.The 4 policemen, nonetheless in their uniform, stopped the bus on the highway that leads to Lucknow, boarded it and asked the jeweller and his assistant to get down beneath the pretext of checking them. The jewellers had been then taken to an isolated location exactly where they had been robbed, the police mentioned.The Gorakhpur police mentioned they have recovered Rs 19 lakh in money gold and silver worth Rs 16 lakh and a vehicle employed in the crime.During questioning, the police mentioned the 4 accused had been also involved in a equivalent crime in the city final month, when males posing as customs officers robbed a jeweller.The 4 accused will face charges beneath the stringent National Security Act, the police mentioned. All the 4 will be sacked from the police, Gorakhpur police chief Jogendra Kumar mentioned in a statement.
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