Police has got a big success in the case of robbery of 10 kg gold and Rs 15.02 lakh in Bank of Maharashtra Kashipur branch on May 7. Nagar police station with the help of STF has arrested notorious criminal Akhilesh Rai alias Golai alias Golu, the mastermind of the robbery, from near DRM Chowk. Police has recovered 1 kg 382.50 grams of gold jewellery, Rs 20 thousand cash, two mobile phones and bank's plastic bag from him.

Akhilesh's wife Savita Devi has also been arrested from Tara Dhaman village of Patori police station area on charges of hiding gold. Police said that some gold was buried in the ground, which has been recovered by digging. So far, about 3 kg of gold has been recovered in the robbery, which is estimated to be worth about three crore rupees.

SP Arvind Pratap Singh said that a total of 38 criminal cases are registered against Akhilesh Rai in several districts including Samastipur, Vaishali. He had conspired for this robbery along with the already arrested accused Deepak Munshi. A total of 12 people have been arrested in this case so far. The police is continuously conducting raids in search of the remaining accused.