With the arrest of three persons, the Delhi police on Tuesday claimed to have busted a gang involved in a sensational burglary in a Co-operative Bank in Mundka area in December last year. Melted Gold weight 62 grams amounting to Rs 186000, gold jewellery weighing 100 gm amounting to Rs 3 lakhs, silver coin weighing 10 gm amounting to Rs 400 and 67 coins of Rs 5 amounting to Rs 335 were recovered from their possession.
MN Tiwari, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Outer) said, “The arrested persons were identified as Raj Kumar Joshi alias Raju (41), resident of Narela, Vikas Thapa (29) of Madipur and Ramesh (30) resident of Majnu Ka Tila.
Police said that on December 12 last year, a PCR call regarding night burglary in Delhi State Co- operative Bank ltd, Mundka Branch, was received. The local police found that the accused had reportedly made a hole in the side wall of the bank.
The senior police officer said that while inspecting the crime, it was found that CCTV camera cables, DVR, computer Network cables, security alarms were cut and locks of all the doors leading to locker room were broken. Moreover, as per the version of complainant Rs 27,50,684 cash, mortgaged documents related to loans and around 15 Bank lockers of different customers were found broken.
During the course of investigation, the police team received information that gas cylinders used in the commission of offence were sold from a shop in Moti Nagar Based on technical surveillance and local intelligence, police found out about the whereabouts of one of the accused in Narela.
“The accused disclosed that they had transferred Rs 60,900/- into the account of laxmi, wife of accused Rajkumar Joshi. Hence, a trap was laid down at the instance of informer, he was arrested.
During the course of interrogation accused disclosed his name as Raj and confessed to his involvement in the night burglary,” said Tiwari.