Delhi

Civil defence volunteer, event manager arrested over car robbery case in southwest Delhi

Staff Reporter

Delhi Police has arrested a 29-year-old civil defence volunteer and an event manager in a car robbery case in southwest Delhi's Vasant Kunj area. The accused were identified as Sachin and Mausam alias Manoj (27), both residents of Rangpuri.

Police said that Mausam works as an event organiser, while Sachin is a Delhi Civil Defence volunteer and also works as an event organiser. According to Gaurav Sharma, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Southwest district, the two were arrested on Wednesday on the basis of a specific inputs received by the police team and the car was recovered from their possession. “Earlier, a case was registered on Sunday at Vasant Kunj North police station on the complaint of Dharmendar Kumar, a driver.

The accused hired his cab for Munirka from Rangpuri in Vasant Kunj,” said the DCP. “The suspects, who posed as passengers, robbed him of his car using a toy gun, and fled the scene.  Apart from the car, one bike and one mobile phone were recovered from the possession of the accused,” said the DCP adding that further investigation is going on.