UP: Etah police bust gang operated by private school owner

AGRA: Etah district police on Friday arrested a private school owner and busted his gang involved in robbing trucks loaded with expensive items, en route via Etah or neighbouring district in UP.
On Friday, Pilua police arrested two men, including the SGS Public School owner Pawan and his associate Ajay Yadav. Cops recovered a truck along with 148 units of refrigerators worth Rs 20 lakh.Police claimed six more gang members, including the school manager and the elder brother of accused Pawan, involved in the robbery are absconding.
The absconding men were identified as Sughreev (school manager), Vikram, Ravish Singh, Ajay Singh, Amar Pal Singh and Karuwa Singh. All were booked under robbery.
Speaking to TOI, Atul Kumar Gautam, station house officer of Pilua said, “On August 31 night at around 8pm, a truck registered with Kanpur RTO was heading toward Lucknow ferrying 148 refrigerators from Noida via Mainpuri district. As soon the truck entered Bewar, a gang of five to six men on motorbikes waylaid the truck near Nabiganj and overpowered the truck driver Abdul Satarr. They gagged the victim and threw him behind the truck and took control over the carrier.”
“The gang drove the truck toward Etah and threw driver Abdul Satarr near Arthara canal at around 3am. They further took the truck inside SGS Public School premises and unloaded the robbed consignment of refrigerators. The gang later left the truck near Mandi Samiti of GT Road,” said SHO Pilua.
He added, “The two suspected siblings Pawan and Sughreev who operate the private school have been involved in scores of truck robberies for long time. We are now collecting evidences and searching crime records in which the gang was involved. The two brothers even build the school on the money made out of robberies. Our team is now hunting for six absconders including Sughreev.”