PATNA, Dec. 4 -- The Special Task Force (STF) and Samastipur police on Thursday conducted a joint operation and arrested a wanted robber from the state capital. He was involved in the Bank of Maharashtra heist in Samastipur, in which Rs.15 lakh in cash and 10 kg of jewellery worth over Rs.10 crore were looted on May 7 this year.

Officials said the arrested robber was carrying a reward of Rs.25,000 on his head. The accused, identified as Dharmnath Singh alias Dharma, is wanted in multiple criminal cases.

ADG (Operations) Kundan Krishnan said Dharma, a native of Bidupur in Vaishali district, had been staying in a newly built house in Jaganpura, under Ramkrishna Nagar police station in Patna. Krishnan added that Dharma had constructed the ...