Four alleged robbers were arrested on Monday in connection with loot of Rs7.80 lakh from a trader's collection agent in TrilokPuri area of east Delhi last month, police said on Tuesday.
According to a senior police official, the collection agent of Writer Safe Guard company, Anil Kumar was going to his office in Panchsheel Park to deposit cash when he was looted by four robbers on the NH 24 on September 26. The robbers took away Rs7,79, 541.
Anil was riding a motorcycle which was pushed by two men on the NH-24 and he fell down. They were joined by two other men who came in a Honda Civic car and escaped after robbing him. "During investigation, we traced the car through its registration number and managed to arrest the accused robbers Amit Arya, 24, Kapil, 20, Raju Bangali, 28, and Jitender 20," said Deputy Commissioner of Police, East district, Rishi Pal Singh.
A bike and the car used by the robbers and Rs50,000 of looted cash was recovered from the arrested accused.
"During interrogation, they revealed that Raju and one absconding gang member Nikhil knew about Anil's work and planned to rob him. Efforts are being made to arrest Nikhil and another member of the gang Rupesh and teams are deployed to catch them," the DCP added.