With the arrest of four persons, the Delhi Police on Wednesday busted a gang of bike-borne robbers who had allegedly robbed Rs 17 lakh from two employees of a cash collection agency who were going to deposit cash at Punjab National Bank in Delhi’s Transport Nagar on June 29.
The accused have been identified as Sukhram (28) the kingpin of the gang, Robin (28), both residents of Delhi’s Sultanpur Dabas, Rohit (21) a resident of Samaypur, Delhi and Lucky (28) alias Lalit a resident of Delhi’s Samaypur Badli. Police said that with their arrest four cases of robbery and snatching have been solved.
According to Rajesh Deo, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Crime Branch, on June 29, at around 12.30 pm, an employee of cash collection agency left his office on a scooty along with his colleague for depositing an amount of Rs. 17.30 Lakhs at Punjab National Bank, Sanjay Gandhi Transport. “While he was going to bank, three persons on a bike came from behind and hit his scooty. After some scuffle, they forcibly snatched the scooty and Rs. 17.30 Lakhs from the complainant and fled from the spot. A case was registered and investigation was taken up,” said the DCP.
“On specific inputs, the kingpin of the gang Sukhram was nabbed and at his instance his three associates Robin, Rohit and Lucky were arrested by the police team. Police recovered Rs 16.07 Lakhs of the robbed amount from the possession of the accused,” said the DCP.
“During interrogation, Sukhram revealed that in order to meet his expenses he started committing robberies. Another accused Rahul disclosed that he used to provide information on probable victims who could be robbed,” said the DCP.
“Rahul told police that he provided the information to other accused persons regarding routine of depositing cash in bank by the victim. On the day of incident, he did a recee at the office of the victim and thereafter he passed information to other accused persons when the victim along with his colleague left the office on a Scooty for depositing the cash in the bank,” said the DCP.
“The accused persons have also disclosed their involvement in several other incidents of robberies and snatching and the same are being verified,” the DCP added.