Three people hailing from Nepal were arrested by the Delhi Police for allegedly robbing a senior citizen of `35 lakh, police said on Saturday. The three accused, including a servant and inter-state criminal, were involved in the dacoity where a 86-year-old man and his security guard were tied and robbed off cash, jewellery and costly watches.
The accused persons were identified as Dinesh Bahadur, Kamal Singh, Hikmat Khadka. According to police, the incident took place on January 26 when the three accused barged into the house of Prakash Chand Jain around 3 am and had tied his hands, legs and mouth and assaulted him.
They put him in the washroom and committed the theft of valuable items in the house, police said. Also, the assailants had tied the hands, legs and mouth of security guard Ashok Kumar. At the time of the incident, Jain’s son Sukaran Jain, 65, had gone to Bangkok, along with his wife and his son.
After extensive search police apprehended all the three accused. During investigation it was revealed that accused Dharma was living at Wazirpur in Ashok Vihar area where the police team conducted raid but by that time he had already left the room. On the basis of information developed through technical surveillance and other information, raids were conducted at various places in Delhi and NCR area and over 200 persons were interrogated.