Kapurthala: The Kapurthala police today claimed to have solved the sensational Rs 1.14 crore heist from the cash van of a private bank at village Bhogpur near Jalandhar with the arrest of the man, who they say is the prime accused.   Gurpreet Singh alias Gopi, a proclaimed offender, and his alleged accomplice were arrested, the police said.   

An amount of over Rs 10 lakh, one pistol and a stolen motorcycle and 200 narcotic capsules were recovered from their possession, SSP Sandip Kumar Sharma told a news conference here today.   Seven robbers on two motorcycles and a car had looted the money from a cash van of the bank at village Bhogpur on November 10 this year.   

The Jalandhar and Kapurthala police have already arrested six accused in this case in a joint operation.   The SSP said that the police on a tip offset up against a check barrier near village Bahui on Kapurthala-Sultanpur Lodhi road today and intercepted a motorcycle on which both the accused were coming to Kapurthala.   

He claimed that the duo was searched and over Rs, 10 lakh was recovered from a bag in their possession. The SSP said that police had so far recovered over Rs one crore from the remaining the accused.   He said that Gopi is a proclaimed offender allegedly involved in a murder case of a Dera head Baba Pritam Singh of village Barchui falling in Jalandhar.   

The SSP said that the accused Gopi had fired from his pistol while looting the cash van.   The police identified Gopi's accomplice as Kuldip Singh, a resident of village Bussowal and claimed to have recovered the 200 drug capsules from his possession. PTI