Faridabad, Police have arrested seven individuals together with the suspected mastermind in reference to the alleged theft of gold and money from a driver and an worker of a bullion dealer in Haryana’s Palwal district, an official mentioned on Saturday.
Police have recovered ₹17.50 lakh in money, 138 grams of gold, two autos used within the crime, a motorbike, 4 faux quantity plates, and 4 cell phones from their possession.
In keeping with police, the accused are a part of an interstate gang that executed organised robberies throughout the nationwide capital area, Haryana, and even Madhya Pradesh.
The alleged mastermind has been recognized as Dharmbir a former authorities worker who was sacked from the civil division of Ministry of Defence.
The official mentioned, on April 2, criminals posing as officers of the Directorate of Income Intelligence stopped a automobile owned by a bullion dealer close to HUDA Chowk on Nationwide Freeway-10, and allegedly robbed his driver, Rajkumar, and his worker, Vijay, of 30 tolas of gold and ₹31 lakh in money.
Subsequently, the accused allegedly kidnapped Vijay within the automobile and left the spot, later dropping him off in Gurugram.
Following the criticism by bullion dealer Vikas Jain, an FIR was registered beneath related sections at Palwal Metropolis police station. 4 groups, which additionally comprised crime department officers, had been shaped to analyze the matter, police mentioned.
In a joint operation by the crime unit of Palwal police and Palwal Metropolis police station, a complete of seven accused together with the mastermind had been arrested from varied areas in Delhi and Faridabad, police mentioned, including that the groups scanned over 250 CCTV cameras in Palwal, Gurugram, Delhi, and surrounding areas to establish and monitor the suspects.
Sustained interrogation revealed that the accused had been concerned in a number of organised crimes, first conducting reconnaissance after which utilizing faux IDs and quantity plates to pose as regulation enforcement officers to hold out robberies.
Few months in the past, the gang had robbed a gutkha dealer in Madhya Pradesh’s Gwalior of ₹25 lakh, moreover one other ₹5-lakh heist in Delhi, Palwal Superintendent of Police Nitish Agarwal mentioned, including that the accused are being questioning.
The alleged mastermind of the gang was recognized as Dharmbir alias Sarji alias Fauji , a resident of Silani village in Jhajjar district, and presently residing in Faridabad.
Police additionally arrested clinic operator Narender Kumar alias Nitu , a resident of Badhani village in Jhajjar; and Delhi and Faridabad-based drivers Amit alias Bablu , a local of Uttar Pradesh’s Sitapur, Laxman alias Kehri , a local of Palwal, Bijender Kumar alias Kala Pandit alias Topi , and Dinesh Kumar each residents of Delhi. Deepak Samanto , a West Bengal native residing in Delhi, can also be amongst arrestees.
“Throughout investigation, it was revealed that the accused mastermind Dharambir has 26 circumstances registered towards him in varied police stations in Delhi and Haryana beneath severe sections of theft, dacoity, theft, and so on. He has been concerned in crime since 2011, and was faraway from authorities service.
Accused Bijendra Kumar alias Kala Pandit has 17 circumstances registered towards him in varied police stations in Delhi and Haryana beneath severe sections together with theft, dacoity, fraud, and so on. Dinesh Kumar has 11 circumstances registered towards him in varied police stations in Delhi and Haryana whereas 4 circumstances every are registered towards the accused Amit alias Bablu and Laxman alias Kehri. Additional probe is underway”, the police spokesperson mentioned.
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