The Delhi Police has arrested four men for allegedly killing a person and injuring his friend during a robbery in central Delhi’s GB road area.
The accused have been identified as Rahat Ali (19), a resident of New Seelampur, Fardeen (21), a resident of Gautam Puri, Suhaib (19) and Salman (22), both residents of Seelampur.
Polide said Rahat Ali and Fardeen were arrested by Kalmla Market police staff whereas Suhaib and Salman were arrested by the Crime Branch.
According to a senior police official, on October 5, one Anirudh Kumar Yadav called his friend Aman and made a plan to visit Aman’s maternal uncle’s house in Karawal Nagar.
“They met at ITO and went to visit G B Road to get cigarettes. Yadav was urinating whereas Aman was standing on the road. Meanwhile, Yadav heard Aman’s voice who was saying that his phone has been snatched by one person,” he said.
“Later, Aman caught the snatcher and started beating him, meanwhile, another person came there and attacked Aman with knife. Yadav intervened in the matter and tried to save Aman, but the accused also attacked him with knife. The accused persons, after robbing the mobile phone, fled from the spot,” said the senior police official.
“Aman was rushed to RML hospital where he was declared brought dead. During investigation, police identified the accused as Salman, who used to come on scooter at G B Road along with his associates. Police raided New Seelampur on Saturday and arrested Fardeen who attacked the victim. On his instance, Rahat was also arrested,” he said.
“On Saturday around 6.30 pm, the team of Crime Branch nabbed Salman and Suhaib. On the day of the incident, Salman and Fardeen were roaming at GB Road area whereas Rahat and Suhaib were ready with the scooter,” said police.
“Salman snatched the mobile phone and started running, but was held by the victim. Thereafter, Fardeen came there and attacked the victim. They both, with the help of Rahat and Shoyeb, fled from the spot,” said police
“The weapon of offence, one scooter, two mobile phones and one country-made pistol were recovered from their possession,” police added.