Delhi Police have arrested an inter-state gang of robbers who had looted a bag of cash outside the Bank of India, Okhla Phase 1 in 2015. Commissioner of Delhi Police had declared a reward of Rs 25,000 on both the robbers namely, Anil Dubey (32) and Pinku Dubey (32).
On July 25, 2015 a businessman along with his cousin had gone to Bank of India to withdraw Rs 22,84,000. When they came out with the bag of cash and were about to sit in their Alto car, three armed criminals on a motorcycle reached the driver’s side, fired on them and snatched the bag.
The public started chasing the robbers but they threw bundles of notes from the bag to divert public attention and escaped in the ensuing melee.
Dr G Ram Gopal Naik, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Crime Branch said, "Our team received information that two persons involved in the robbery committed outside a bank at Okhla, Delhi will reach opposite RMS office, Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station. Delhi Police laid a trap and the accused were arrested."
On interrogation it was revealed that the mastermind behind this robbery was Sudhir Parihar, an Army deserter, who was also involved in criminal activities in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi. He formed a gang of robbers and deployed one member to pass the information about the people in the bank who withdrew huge sums of money and planned to rob them.