Four members of a gang targeting businessmen in Central and North Delhi were arrested by North District police. The gang would have a 21-year-old do the recce of the area wearing a particular shirt. He would alert the gang to potential suckers who could be mugged. The gang generally targeted businessmen on two-wheelers.
With incidents of burglary on the rise in Central and North Delhi area, a joint team of officials was constituted. In order to collar the criminals, a joint team of officials from Gulabi Bagh police station led by Station House Officer (SHO) Hanuman Sahai and Operation Cell was formed.
“The accused have been identified as Ravi (25), Krishan Kumar, alias Raju (29), Manikant, alias Bittu (21) and Kishan (24). With their arrest, five incidents of robberies have been solved and a motorcycle, gold chain and cash worth `2 lakh recovered as well,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police (North) Madhur Verma.
On November 8, 2014, a man was divested of `7.23 lakh while he was coming from Kucha Ghasi Ram in Chandni Chowk. The victim told police that the motorcycle bore a numberplate which started with ‘80’. The rest of the number the victim could not see. Police officials sprung into action and shortlisted all the motorcycles in the Capital with numberplates ‘80’.
“In one of the CCTV footages from a camera installed in Chandni Chowk area, the robbers could be seen on a bike, even though their faces were covered,” said a police official. The robbers were hunted down and arrested.
During interrogation, it was revealed that the gang worked on specific inputs given to them by Bittu, who used to wander around Chandni Chowk and Kucha Ghasi Ram markets. They only targeted businessmen carrying cash on two-wheelers. Five cases in Civil lines, Daryaganj, Sarai Rohilla, Gulabi Bagh and Kotwali were solved with heir arrest.