Kolkata Police constable held for 'involvement' in over Rs 2-crore robbery in moving taxi

Kolkata Police constable held for 'involvement' in over Rs 2-crore robbery in moving taxi

Kolkata Police constable held for 'involvement' in over Rs 2-crore robbery in moving taxi

KOLKATA: (May 14) A Kolkata Police constable was on Wednesday arrested for his alleged involvement in the loot of Rs 2.66 crore from two employees of a private firm while they were travelling in a taxi in Entally area here, an officer said.

The robbery took place on May 5 around 11.45 am when the two employees of a private foreign exchange company took a taxi from S N Banerjee Road to deposit the money in a state-run bank in the Park Circus area.

Constable Mintu Sarkar with the Special Task Force (STF) unit of Kolkata Police was arrested in the early hours of Wednesday, he said.