The Delhi Police has arrested a 24-year-old driver for allegedly fabricating a fake robbery of Rs 20 lakh in north Delhi’s Civil Lines area.The accused has been identified as Pawan Kumar, a resident of Rohini and native of Jharkhand. According to Sagar Singh Kalsi, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), North district, on Thursday, complainant Sushil Aggarwal, who has a business of grains, reported in his complaint that on Wednesday, he sent his driver Kumar to drop Rs 20 lakh at the office of his nephew in Netaji Subhash Place.“On way, the money was robbed forcibly from his car near Hindu Rao Hospital while Kumar was changing BMW car’s punctured tyre. The driver was examined and it seemed that he had some connivance in incident,” said DCP.
“During examination of suspect Kumar, he kept on changing the sequence of events. He even showed some struggling marks on his left fore-arm and neck. The marks were found to be self-inflicted by the shape, size, depth and angle of infliction,” said the DCP.
“After sustained interrogation, Kumar confessed to the conspiracy to steal the cash of his employer. He was arrested and at his instance, Rs 20 lakh was recovered from his rented house in Rohini,” the DCP added.