Two persons were arrested in connection with the sensational daylight robbery and murder case here, police said on Sunday. Vineet Tiwari, in his 30s, was arrested late last night from Bholakhera village in the Lalganj police station area in Rae Bareli district from his sister's home. His brother-in-law Kavindra Pandey was also arrested for providing him shelter. Tiwari's sister too has been taken into custody, Inspector General (Lucknow range) Sujeet Pandey said.

On July 30, the gunner of the cash van was shot dead and a bag containing around Rs 7 lakh was snatched away by an unidentified miscreant only a couple of kilometres away from the Raj Bhavan in the high-security VVIP zone.