The Delhi Police on Saturday claimed to have cracked the sensational bank robbery and murder in Chhawla area of Dwarka district and have two accused persons identified as Sachin (20) and Parvesh (19) on the charges of armed dacoity and murder.
Police have also identified five others involved in the shooting of 44-year-old Santosh Sharma, cashier of Corporation Bank, and robbing Rs 3.16 lakh from the Khaira village branch near Chhawla on Friday.
The whole incident was captured on CCTV, through which police with the help of technical surveillance were able to track down the 19-year-old Sachin, a resident of Sonipat, Haryana and arrested him from Murthal area on Saturday, police said. Parvesh who is also resident of Sonipat was arrested soon after Sachin was nabbed by a police team.
“On Friday, a police control room call was received about an armed robbery at a bank in Chhawla. On reaching the spot it was found that the cashier one Santosh Sharma was shot on the back. He was immediately taken to Vikas hospital in Najafgarh where he succumbed to his injuries,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (Dwarka) Anto Alphonse stated.
“The statement of the bank manager Prahbakar Kumar was recorded, he stated that six men entered the bank and three of them had pistols. They manhandled with the security guard and one of the accused hit him on the head with a pistol and snatched his gun. They went on to shoot the cashier. Police teams were assigned to the case and they recovered CCTV footage of the incident,” the DCP said.
“After analyzing the CCTV footage, police teams were able to break-through the case with the arrest of Sachin (19) from Murthal. The motorcycles used in the crime were recovered. During interrogation, he revealed the identity of the five others who are still absconding,” DCP said, adding Sachin is not the one who shot the cashier.