Five men have been arrested by the Delhi Police Special Cell for their alleged involvement in the robbery cum murder in Outer Delhi's Narela area on April 26. Police said that one of the accused was arrested after a brief encounter with the police on Wednesday morning.
Bharat Bhushan (30) was arrested following a shootout with the police on Wednesday morning. Police said four of his associates were arrested on Tuesday night.
Bharat Bhushan alias Toni, was allegedly involved in the double murder of a cashier and a guard of the cash van and decamped with Rs 12 lakh in Narela last week.
Sanjeev Kumar Yadav, DCP Special Cell said, “Our team received information that Bharat Bhushan will be travelling to Bawana at Bahadurshah Marg in Bharound at around 5.30 am. A Delhi police special cell team chased him, signaling him to stop but he opened fire at them. In retaliation, the police team also had to fire at him in which the accused received two bullet wounds on his leg. One constable was injured in the encounter. He was hit with a bullet however, he escaped unhurt as he was wearing bullet proof jacket,”
Police said that they have recovered a pistol and four live cartridges from his possession and a total of 13 rounds fired from both the sides.
Bhushan was admitted to nearest hospital where he is recuperating. Police said three of his associates - Mahavir Singh(34), Deepak alias Mantar (32) and Gurucharan (35) Vikas Bhardwaj alias Dharmender (24) were also arrested on Tuesday night from the same area.
Following their arrest police claimed to have solved over a dozen of cases of robberies and murder. Police said Bhushan was running a gang and he is suspected to be the mastermind of all Narela robberies.
The robbery-cum-killing took place when the van had come to pick cash from a wine shop at DSIIDC (Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation) industrial area, in Narela.