The Delhi Police has arrested two men for allegedly snatching gold chains from a woman journalist and wife of former Director General of Police (DGP) of Meghalaya in Southeast Delhi.
The accused have been identified as Alok Ranjan (23) and Gufran (26), both residents of Tughlakabad while Vishwanath Das (32), a resident of Garhi Village, East of Kailash who is also receiver of stolen item was also arrested.
According to R P Meena, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Southeast district, on Friday, information was received regarding snatching of a gold chain from a woman journalist at Amar Colony.
“Police rushed to the spot near Moolchand metro station and met the complainant, a journalist in an English newspaper. She was walking to Moolchand Metro Station from her house. Around 1.50 PM, she reached near the metro station, two persons on a bike came there and snatched her gold chain having diamond pendant,” said the DCP.
“During investigation, police analysed the CCTV footage of the area and identified the motorcycle which was found registered in the name of Gufran. Thereafter, police conducted raids at Tughlakabad and nabbed both the snatchers,” said the DCP.
“During interrogation, they confessed their involvement in the offence. Gufran was riding the motorcycle and Ranjan was pillion rider who snatched the chain from the journalist. They also confessed that almost ten days ago, they had also snatched a chain from a woman at Ring Road, Lajpat Nagar which was recovered from Gufran’s house,” said the DCP.
“During verification, it was found that the snatching took place at Lajpat Nagar area on November 11. In that case, the gold chain was snatched from the wife of a former Director General of Police (DGP) of Meghalaya. They disclosed that the chain snatched from Moolchand metro station was sold to Das. On their instance, Das was also apprehended from his house, the DCP said.
“Das told police that he used to receive gold jewellery from criminals on cheap rates. He gets the gold melted from Chandani Chowk and later sell to other people. He bought the chain and kept the pendant of the chain with him,” said the DCP.
“He got the gold chain melted from one Tapan Vishwas, a resident of Chandani Chowk. After melting it, he was trying to sell but could not be succeeded so far. The melted gold and pendant have been recovered from his house,” the DCP said.