With the arrest of five persons, Delhi Police Crime Branch on Thursday busted a gang of dacoits who used to send one of their members to work as a domestic help at the house of the victims.
They used to targets houses in posh colonies. Police said that with their arrest, they have solved a robbery case of East of Kailash area.
Alok Kumar, Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) said, “The arrested accused have been identified as Digambar Mandal, Mohd Jahangir, Rajesh, Vasi-ul and Zulfikar Ansari. A sophisticated pistol of 7.65 bore, two magazines, 5 live cartridges and a robbed camera have been recovered from their possession.
“During sustained interrogation, the accused disclosed that they adopted a distinctive Modus Operandi in which they got one of their gang members, preferably a younger looking person, to work as a domestic help in big houses in posh colonies of South and South-east Delhi. This person then gathered information about the cash and valuables kept inside the house and on the day of dacoity, he also facilitated a friendly entry to other gang members,” said Kumar.
In Amar Colony, the accused had committed a robbery of Rs 60,000 cash, gold and silver jewelry and coins, electronic articles and mobile phone in East of Kailash.
“A team under DCP Bhisham Singh last week arrested the accused persons Digambar Mandal, Mohd. Jahangir and Rajesh @ Rakesh near Radha Swami Satsang Vyas, Sector-23, Dwarka, said the officer.
later in the evening, on the instance of accused persons, other two accused Vasi-ul @ Vasiyat and Zulfikar Ansari @ Rehan were also arrested by Crime Branch team from Sector-23 Dwarka area following recovery of one sophisticated pistol of 7.65 bore, 2 magazines and 5 live cartridges from their possession,” added Kumar