Prompt action by Dial- 100 First Response Vehicle (FRV) personnel helped in nabbing two bike-borne miscreants at Sawan Nagar. They had robbed a 30-year-old food stall owner of Rs 4900 at knife point.
A motorbike used in the crime has been recovered from their possession, said Addl SP Zone 3 Rajesh Bhadoria while speaking with press on Friday.
The two nabbed accused were identified as Ejaz Hasan (19) and Zaid Zameer (19). They belong to a well-to-do family.
Addl SP Bhadoria said that the victim Babu Adhikari runs a food stall and when he was on his way back to home, the accused robbed him and then, they tried to escape. The victim raised an alarm which alerted the locals and Dial 100 FRV personnel and the accused were caught.
The motorbike, robbed cash and a sharp-edged weapon were recovered from them. The two had planned the robbery and conducted recce of the area for the past two days. They had also covered the registration number with sticky tape to avoid being noticed.
Ejaz’s father is a BMC official, while Zaid’s father runs a construction company in Koh-e-Fiza and has developed colonies in Khanugaon area.
For the past few months Ejaz was facing problem as his business was not doing well. He works as a property dealer and was not able to sell properties for the past few months which worsened his financial conditions and was in need of money.
Zaid is Ejaz’s friend and he is pursuing graduation and did not have any motive behind the robbery but he had done it for his friend’s sake.