The Ghaziabad Police on Monday said it has solved eight cases of stickups with the arrest of six criminals. It has recovered cash, jewellery, weapons and vehicles from them.
Giving details at a Press conference, Ghaziabad SSP Dharmendra Singh Yadav said that by effective surveillance and criminal intelligence police could arrest six criminals involved in eight cases of robbery and attempt to murder. “As promised to the traders’ community, we have arrested criminals involved in serial crimes.
We have recovered total 19 diamond rings, `14.5 lakh cash, two pistols, 4 country-made pistols, live cartridges, two cars and two scooters from their possession. The SSP said one of the accused, Pawaiz, worked with a steel trader — Rajiv Steels earlier and hence, he knew all the loopholes of the trade. He organised the crime with the help of two taxi operators —Alam and Mukesh. Another accused, Tahir, used to run a gymnasium near Opulent Mall. He, along with Parwaiz, Alam and Mukesh, executed the major crime with others. They executed the serial crimes, including a robbery of 35 diamond rings and `18 lakh cash in which the jeweler was critically injured.