Cuttack robbery case: Complainant turns out to be mastermind
A complainant claiming to be the victim a robbery in Cuttack in Odisha turned out to be the mastermind of a robbery case. Complainant Nalinikanta Tripathy and three others were arrested in this connection and Rs. 26.48 lakh of the Rs. 27 lakh looted money recovered from them, police said on Sunday. Tripathy works with a construction company, they added.
Tripathy made the police complaint on March 31
Cuttack DCP Akhileswar Singh said that Tripathy reported to police on March 31 that while returning from a bank located in Jagatpur area, two unknown persons snatching his cash bag that contained Rs. 27 lakh after attacking him with a knife.
Registered police complaint to pocket the company's cash: Tripathy
Tripathy said he was carrying his company's cash with him. "But during the course of investigation, the Investigating Officer suspected Tripathy and subsequently his medical reports confirmed that the injuries he had received were self-inflicted," the DCP said. On sustained interrogation, Tripathy confessed that he was not robbed, but had cooked up the incident and registered a police case to pocket the company's cash.
