Inspired by the Bollywood movie Special 26, a gang of 15 people, posing as officers of the Income Tax Department 'raided' a house in Shahdara area, in the national Capital and decamped with a handbag containing one gold ornament and Rs 15,000 cash. The incident took place on Sunday. According to Delhi Police, they have arrested four of the accused, including a woman, while a manhunt has been initiated to nab the remaining criminals.
The accused have been identified as Gurjant Singh (31), a resident of district Fatehgarh in Punjab, Navjot Singh (30), a resident of Chandigarh, Satpal (28), a resident of sector- 24, Mandi Gobindgarh near Fatehgarh and the woman, Gurpreet (30), a resident of Ludhiana, Punjab. According to a senior police officer, on June 3, around 6 PM a police control room (PCR) call was received that some Income Tax officials have conducted a raid without the presence of the police and have seized the mobile phones of all the family members.
“The complainant has alleged that her husband is engaged in currency exchange at Chandni Chowk. At about 6 PM about 15 men and women managed to enter the house forcibly.
They introduced themselves as Anti Corruption officials and asked for house raid,” said the senior police officer. “On being asked about the search warrant, they told the family that they have arms and threatened them.
The impersonators started to open cupboards, beds etc on the ground, first floor and some of them even molested the complainant,” said the police officer privy to the investigation.
“The accused snatched the mobile phones of the family members, a handbag containing one gold ornament and Rs 15,000. The complainant started to shout and one neighbour called 112,” said the police officer.
“Four persons including one woman have been arrested and police have also recovered ID card of Anti Corruption Foundation of India and one Bolero car used in the commission of crime,” said the senior police officer.
“An First Information Report (FIR) under Section 395 (Punishment for dacoity), 451 (House-trespass in order to commit offence punishable with imprisonment), 170 (Personating a public servant), 465 (Punishment for forgery), 471 (Using as genuine a forged document), 342 (Punishment for wrongful confinement), 354 ( Assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty ) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code was registered and four accused were arrested,” said the senior police officer.
Police said that initial investigation has revealed that Gurjunt is involved in three NDPS cases in Punjab while Navjot is found involved in case of cheating which has been settled as per him in Chandigarh and Satpal is having two cases of NDPS and quarrel in Punjab.