A delivery agent and his associate were robbed of Rs 2 lakh at gunpoint by four motorcycle borne men inside the Pragati Maidan tunnel in New Delhi on Saturday. Police said the two men were on their way to Gurugram to deliver a bag full of cash when they were robbed by four motorcycle borne robbers. Police said they have detained two people.
The day-light robbery was caught on a security camera installed in the tunnel. The Delhi Police has received a dramatic CCTV footage in the incident.
The footage then showed both the car gates open and the man at the rear end being handed over a black-coloured handbag, apparently carrying money. The two then quickly hopped on to their waiting motorcycle and accelerate away with their accomplices.
Sharing a video of the purported incident, the chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena’s resignation and reiterated his demand that Delhi’s law and order should be handed over the local government. Kejriwal said that Saxena should make way for someone who can ensure the safety and security of the residents of Delhi, and even called on the central government to hand the law and order to the AAP-led government.
“LG shud resign. Make way for someone who can provide safety n security to the people of Delhi. (sic),” he said in a tweet, tagging a news report. “If Central govt is unable to make Delhi safe, hand it over to us. We will show u how to make a city safe for its citizens (sic).”
The 22-second video appears to show that the four men were trailing the cab on two motorcycles and intercepted it inside the tunnel as other vehicles passed by. The video shows four robbers on two motorcycles waylaying the Ola cab - which the delivery agent had booked from the Red Fort area- as it enters the tunnel on the Ring Road. As the cab stopped, the two armed robbers riding pillion got down from their respective motorbikes, one quickly going to the driver’s seat and the other to the rear gate, both apparently whipping out their pistols. All four were wearing helmets.