With the arrest three people, the Crime Branch of Delhi Police on Tuesday claimed to have solved the sensational Paschim Vihar robbery case in which Rs90 lakh were looted from two staff of a jewellery shop in June last year. Police also recovered Rs28.25 lakh from them.
The accused, identified as Nitin Sood (27), Sandip (28) and Brijesh (26), were arrested near Janak Cinema in Janakpuri on Monday, said Ravindra Yadav, Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime). Two gold chains and the car used in the robbery have been recovered, apart from Rs28.25 lakh of the looted money. Two other accused Neeraj and Deepak, who are ex-employees of the jewellery shop, are absconding, he said.
Two employees of Shagun Jewellers on June 29 were going to deposit Rs90 lakh in a bank. They were intercepted by the accused near JK Apartments in Paschim Vihar and the bag carrying the cash was looted. An FIR in the robbery was registered at Paschim Vihar Police Station.
Interrogation of accused revealed that they had assembled on the day of robbery at Kali Mandir in Sagarpur to execute their plan. Deepak was given the role of a spotter to signal the movement of cash from the shop, Yadav said
Nitin was driving the car which he deliberately touched with the motorcycle of the staff of the jewellery shop. Brijesh picked up a fight with them and snatched the bag carrying money.
The arrested also revealed that the conspiracy was hatched by Neeraj and Deepak, who are the ex-employees of Shagun Jewellers. Neeraj used to work as a driver and Deepak was a salesman and knew about the movement of heavy cash from showroom to bank. Neeraj has a criminal background and was involved earlier in cases of attempt to murder and robbery, he added.