4 held for looting former bandit Seema Parihar

KANPUR: Miscreants looted cash and other valuables worth Rs 3 lakh from former bandit Seema Parihar and a Mumbai-based film producer proceeding to Lucknow in a four-wheeler on May 23. The incident took place at Shivpuri village near Kalpi on Kanpur-Mumbai highway. Bhognipur Kotwali police have arrested four persons in this connection with the incident.
Separate police teams fanned out in search of the miscreants after the matter was brought to the knowledge of senior police authorities in Lucknow.
Police said the Parihar and Mumbai-based film producer Vijay Saxena were going to the Lucknow from Shivpuri, when a truck coming from behind hit their vehicle. The former bandit and film producer managed to nab the truck driver and asked him to compensate the damage done to their vehicle. The truck driver agreed to their demand and asked them to give him a lift in the four-wheeler to reach an auto-repairing shop near Bhognipur. The four-wheeler was intercepted midway by the family members of the truck driver, who threatened Parihar and Vijay Saxena and snatched cash worth Rs 2.5 lakh and other valuables, including a laptop from them.
Inspector Kotwali, Tejveer Singh said that four persons, including truck owner Shehzad, a resident of Sikandara in Ramabai Nagar district and Shafiq Ahmed of Kalpi have been detained in this connection.
It may be recalled that Seema Parihar was kidnapped by dacoits at the age of 13. She struck fear among people in the ravines of Chambal.
Parihar looted, murdered and abducted people until 2000, when she surrendered.
She had a stint with Bollywood and acted in a film title ‘Wounded’ and also featured in Big Boss season 4.