<p>Five persons were on Friday arrested for their alleged involvement in looting Rs 50,000 from a petrol pump of a BJP MP in Uttar Pradesh, police said.</p>.<p>The accused -- Virendra Yadav, Virendra Dhobi, Bacchilal, Direndra and Tejram -- were arrested on Friday and over Rs 57,000 were recovered from them, Superintendent of Police Ankit Mittal told PTI.</p>.<p>Police have also recovered a country-made pistol and a number of cartridges from them, he said.</p>.<p>The loot took place at BJP MP R K Singh Patel's petrol pump at Pokhri Barhat on Tuesday evening.</p>.<p>He said five persons first got the petrol tanks of their motorcycles filled and then they looted Rs 50,000.</p>.<p>They were chased by locals. Two of them fell from their motorcycle, but managed to escape.</p>.<p>An FIR has been registered in the case. </p>
<p>Five persons were on Friday arrested for their alleged involvement in looting Rs 50,000 from a petrol pump of a BJP MP in Uttar Pradesh, police said.</p>.<p>The accused -- Virendra Yadav, Virendra Dhobi, Bacchilal, Direndra and Tejram -- were arrested on Friday and over Rs 57,000 were recovered from them, Superintendent of Police Ankit Mittal told PTI.</p>.<p>Police have also recovered a country-made pistol and a number of cartridges from them, he said.</p>.<p>The loot took place at BJP MP R K Singh Patel's petrol pump at Pokhri Barhat on Tuesday evening.</p>.<p>He said five persons first got the petrol tanks of their motorcycles filled and then they looted Rs 50,000.</p>.<p>They were chased by locals. Two of them fell from their motorcycle, but managed to escape.</p>.<p>An FIR has been registered in the case. </p>