Two assailants robbed off a Toyota Fortuner Car from the owner of an Indian Oil petrol pump at gunpoint when he was about to park his vehicle at the parking lot outside the Ashoka Hotel in highly secured diplomatic enclave in Chanakyapuri on Sunday afternoon.
Till the paper going to the Press, police said they could not make any breakthrough in the case yet and a team is working to nab the criminals.
Deputy Commissioner of Police, New Delhi district, BK Singh said the victim has been identified as 36-year-old Kapil Gupta, a resident of Malviya Nagar, who owns a petrol pump in Shahdra and he had gone to pick his wife up from the five-star hotel around 3.30 pm. “We have registered a case and our team is working to crack the case,” the DCP told The Pioneer.
Gupta told police that the incident took place near Sagar Ratna restaurant of the Ashoka Hotel where he was waiting for his wife. “It was there that two armed robbers came from behind. One of them held a pistol on my right ear and took out the car’s keys. Meanwhile, the other man opened the rear door, got inside the car and held his pistol against my left ear and pushed me outside the car. They even threatened me of dire consequences if I shouted. Out of fear I got out of the car and they quickly sat inside and sped away,” he said.
Gupta said his Germany-made licenced pistol, along with a Samsung mobile phone, bank cheque and passbooks and his property photostat papers among other important documents were in the snatched ca.
The DCP said Gupta then called police to report the incident and a PCR reached the spot. Based on his statement, a case under Sections 392 (punishment for robbery), 397 (robbery, or dacoity, with attempt to cause death or grievous hurt) and 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) of the Indian Penal Code was lodged at the Chankyapuri police station.
The DCP said they are examining the CCTV footage of the hotel and nearby areas to get a clue about the assailants. Police suspect that the robbers were known to the victim and had been tracking him for long to commit the crime. Further investigation is on.