The Gurugram police have arrested five robbers for allegedly robbing a jewellery shop in Gururam’s Roshan Pura area on September 9 in full public view.
The arrested accused has been identified as Mintu (24), Harsh alias Sagar (19) and Tonny (24), all residents of Gurugram.
The others are Varun alias Sonu (32) of Kaithal and Sunil, a resident of Kapashera in Delhi.
According to the police, Mintu and Sonu were arrested from Delhi on Tuesday with the help of technical support and specific inputs provided by the informants.
The duo was on police remand on their information Harsh, Tonny and Sunil were arrested on Wednesday from Badshahpur area in Gurugram.
“During questioning the culprits have confessed their involvement in the crime and accept that they had decamped with 150 gram gold jewellery worth Rs 13 lakh from the jewellery on September 9. The entire accused are on police remand during this period the investigation will gather more information about the incident and will also try to recover looted items from their possession,” said Subhash Boken, spokesperson of the Gurugram police.
The incident took place on September 9 when five unidentified armed miscreants robbed a jewellery shop at gunpoint in broad daylight and decamped with Jewellery worth Rs 13 lakh in Gurugram.
The jeweller was alone when the robbers barged into his shop. The Police said that the entire incident was recorded by a camera installed at the shop.
During the crime the accused had entered the shop and asked the jeweller to show them gold rings for an engagement.
When the jeweller moved to take out the desired items, the fourth accused who was already present in the shop, whipped out a pistol while the others tied him up and thrashed him and looted the jewellery items in the store.
The accused then escaped from the spot in their swift dzire car.
A case of robbery had been registered against unidentified persons at the city police station under various sections of the IPC.