Delhi Police arrested six youngsters including Najeeb, a youth leader belonging to the Aam Aadmi Party, on charges of allegedly robbing a businessman of Rs25 lakh in Maujpur area of East Delhi, police said on Sunday.
Police said that they have recovered one country made pistol, one Apache motorcycle stolen from Shalimar Garden, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, Rs16,06,000 and a bag containing a calculator and a PAN card.
Police added that Najeeb (24), is the president of Jafrabad unit of the AAP Youth Wing. Najeeb and his brother Naved (22), were found to be involved in over a dozen cases of snatching.
The other arrested accused have been identified as Jitender (27), Sabab (26), Nadeem (23) and Mahammad Yusuf (19). All are residents of Maujpur in East Delhi.
“On March 12, victim Vipul Jain had reported that at around 8:30 pm, when he was going to meet his cousin at Krishnia Gali in Maujpur, three persons, two of who were carrying weapons, came on a white Apache bike held them hostage and robbed his bag containing Rs25 lakhs, one mobile phone, bill book and other articles and ran away.
“The victim and some locals then tried to chase the accused following which their motorcycle fell and and one of them Nadeem was apprehended. However Nadeem fired one round in order to escape, due to which one Naresh Kumar sustained a bullet injury. In the meantime, associates of Nadeem managed to escape with the valuables,” said Ravindra Yadav, Joint Commissioner of Police.
Police said that Nadeem shared the information about the whereabouts of his associates with the local police. Based on which, the local police arrested them on Saturday night from Maujpur area.