Swift action by the Police Control Room (PCR) helped police in recovering robbed jewellery worth over Rs1.5 crore from a Delhi-based jeweller in the Capital. A gang of robbers had intercepted the car of the employees of jeweller Surendra Singh and robbed them of 12 kilos of silver and diamonds. The alert PCR staff chased the robbers and caught them with the robbed jewellery. The PCR staff have been given cash reward of Rs10,000 each by Special Commissioner of Police (Operations).
According to the police the incident took place around 1 am on the intervening night on Saturday near the Alipur crossing on the National Highway-1. Hemant along with another employee were returning from Punjab after picking up the jewellery. When they reached Alipur crossing, a black Hyundai Sonata intercepted their car.
The robbers armed with baseball bats threatened them and looted the booty. A PCR call was received from Hemant Jain informed the police that two occupants of Sonata Car (Dl-9CW-3333) have looted 12 kilos of silver and diamonds.Based on his complaint, a case under appropriate Sections of Indian Penal Code (IPC) was registered at Alipur police station and investigations were taken up.
The description of the alleged robbers and description of vehicle involved in the incident was flashed to all border checkposts and all mobile patrolling police control room vehicles.
Due to intensive checking, the robbers could not flee the Capital. On Sunday afternoon at 1.15 pm the alert staff of the one of the Delhi Police Control Room MPV stationed at Narela and manned by head constable Randheer Singh and constable Rajender spotted the car behind Raja Harish Chander Hospital in Narela and gave the chase. Finding the PCR van trailing them, the robbers fled after abandoning the car with the jewels near Sector 5 Narela Chowk.