Ramgarh (Jharkhand), May 13 (PTI) Five members of an inter-state gang involved in two major robberies in Jharkhand's Ramgarh district within a month were arrested by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Saturday, a police officer said here.

Addressing a press conference here, Superintendent of Police Piyush Pandey said the SIT has arrested the five, including the kingpin Vibhash Paswan, from Bihar and Jharkhand.

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They allegedly looted Rs 29.34 lakh from a cash transfer agency hired by LIC on April 10 and robbed a jewellery shop on May 8 and fled with ornaments worth Rs 10 lakh, Pandey said.

Two firearms, ammunition, some silver jewellery and Rs 25,500 in cash were recovered from them, he said.

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