<p>A 36-year-old robber on parole was arrested for allegedly looting valuables worth Rs 3.75 lakh from a city-based jeweller near Vajreshwari town, police said today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The accused Bipanchandara Bisth was lodged at a local jail for his alleged involvement in similar cases and recently came out on parole, said SP (rural) Anil Kumbhare.<br /><br />Narrating the incident, the SP said Bisht waylaid the victim Paresh Kshirsagar who owns a shop in Vajreshwari while on his way home on Monday evening and snatched away the bag containing the jewellery at gunpoint.<br /><br />Bisht was joined by three accomplices who came by a car and held up the victim before fleeing, he said.<br /><br />As Bisht fled to Akloli byepass, the car-borne robbers towards Shirsad phata.<br /><br />"Within minutes of the incident, police rushed to the spot and launched a combing operation with the help of villagers and finally caught Bisht and recovered the loot from him. We found a revolver and four live cartridges on his person", Kumbhare said, adding the three other accused are still untraceable.<br /><br />Bisht has been booked under various sections of IPC and the Arms Act 1959, he added.</p>
<p>A 36-year-old robber on parole was arrested for allegedly looting valuables worth Rs 3.75 lakh from a city-based jeweller near Vajreshwari town, police said today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The accused Bipanchandara Bisth was lodged at a local jail for his alleged involvement in similar cases and recently came out on parole, said SP (rural) Anil Kumbhare.<br /><br />Narrating the incident, the SP said Bisht waylaid the victim Paresh Kshirsagar who owns a shop in Vajreshwari while on his way home on Monday evening and snatched away the bag containing the jewellery at gunpoint.<br /><br />Bisht was joined by three accomplices who came by a car and held up the victim before fleeing, he said.<br /><br />As Bisht fled to Akloli byepass, the car-borne robbers towards Shirsad phata.<br /><br />"Within minutes of the incident, police rushed to the spot and launched a combing operation with the help of villagers and finally caught Bisht and recovered the loot from him. We found a revolver and four live cartridges on his person", Kumbhare said, adding the three other accused are still untraceable.<br /><br />Bisht has been booked under various sections of IPC and the Arms Act 1959, he added.</p>