Patna: Additional Director General of Police Gupteshwar Pandey said, “We can say about the source of money only after the investigation is over. The police may interrogate Giriraj Singh if needed. He is in Delhi and we will decide on that once he returns from there.”
Notify that 4 robbers had done robbery on Monday from the flat of the Nawada MP located in posh Boring Road under Srikrishna Puri police station. Giriraj Singh was away in Delhi to attend Parliament session.
Police on Tuesday recovered from an autorickshaw Rs 1.14 crore in cash, 600 US dollars, gold and silver jewellery and six luxury watches purportedly stolen from Singh’s flat after arresting four persons, including his bodyguard and servant.
But the police were facing a problem to find the real owners of the cash and valuables with no claimants in sight till now.
Pandey said, “The FIR regarding the theft was lodged by an acquaintance of Singh. He didn’t provide details about the stolen goods. We are yet to be contacted by the MP regarding the cash.”
Patna Senior Superintendent of Police Manu Maharaj said the police have written to the Enforcement Directorate request it to investigate the case. The four arrested persons were produced before the district court on Wednesday which remanded them to judicial custody.
The police were now planning to take the four on remand for interrogation, as in the preliminary investigations they had claimed that the cash and US dollars were purportedly stolen from the MP’s house.
The SSP said, the MP’s wife has written to the police claiming that the ornaments belonged to her. But, nobody has come forward to claim the cash and US dollar.
Bureau Report
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