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Sources said that three gangs were involved in the brazen robbery that took place in broad daylight inside the Pragati Maidan Tunnel in Delhi last Saturday. News 18. The gang members then fled to Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand to avoid arrest. The sources also said that the amount stolen could be up to 50,000 rupees.
The horrific theft was captured in broad daylight with a CCTV camera installed inside the tunnel connecting New Delhi with Sarai Kale Khan and Noida. The video clip allegedly showed four armed men with bicycles intercepting a vehicle inside the busy tunnel in the heart of the city and robbing its occupants – Patil Sajjan Kumar, delivery agent at Omiya Enterprises in Chandni Chowk, and his partner at gunpoint, while they were carrying cash worth Rs 2 lakh in a custom bag. For delivery in Gurugram.
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Police have so far arrested 7 accused in the case after raids in Uttarakhand, Haryana and Ibb. The accused are – Usman Ali aka Kalu, Irrfan, Sumit aka Akash, residents of Barari; Anuj Mishra aka Sankey, a resident of Bhalaswa Derry; Kuldip aka Lungad, a resident of Jahangirpuri; Pradeep aka Sonu, a resident of Baghpat in Uttar Pradesh; and Amit aka Bala, a resident of Loni in Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh.
Some of the defendants have criminal records.
After the robbery, Pradeep and Bala, who were in one gang, fled to Haridwar, while another gang of which Anuj was a member fled to somewhere in western UP.
Police said Usman and Pradeep were the main conspirators of the robbery. Usman was aware of the cash movement in chandni chowk area as he had been working there as a courier boy with an e-commerce company for several years, PTI mention the report.
Usman took loans from several banks and also lost money betting on cricket. Police said he was deeply in debt and wanted money to pay it off, which led him to plan the robbery.
The accused also conducted multiple interrogations on Thursday and Friday. report in NDTV He mentioned a video that showed the main conspirator following Patel Sajjan Kumar around his office in Chandni Chowk. The video also showed Usman following Kumar as he walked out of his office with a bag laden with cash on Saturday before catching a taxi to Gurgaon.
The amount stolen may be up to Rs 50 lakh
sources said News 18 That according to the FIR, the amount of stolen money was anywhere between Rs 1.5 lakh to 2 lakh. However, the police recovered Rs 5 lakh from the accused till yesterday. The sources added that today another 3.8 thousand rupees were recovered from the defendants.
In total, 8.8 rupees have been recovered from the seven accused who were detained by the police. But the sources said News 18 The amount stolen could be as high as 50,000 rupees as claimed by one of the accused. The police are now trying to ascertain the exact amount stolen.
Police said three suspects are still at large and raids are underway to arrest them.
The burglary was planned at Kingpin Burari’s flat
Police said the accused Osman was the mastermind behind the daylight robbery. The accused learned that the cash transactions took place between 2 pm and 5 pm on Saturday in Chandni Chowk, after which they identified their target.
Police said Usman told his aides to book a taxi with Haryana number and the possibility of transporting heavy cash.
Police said Anuj was working as a mechanic under contract with the Delhi Jal Council, while Kuldip, a vegetable vendor, had arranged the gun and bullets for the robbery.
Irfan Hallaq and communicated with others through his cousin Othman. Sumit is also a greengrocer and sometimes waits tables at parties. Police said he contacted the others through a person identified as Sunny.
Police said Pradeep had been in judicial detention for eight years in the ransom case and was released two years ago.
Police said Amit contacted Usman through Pradeep, adding that two days before the accident, he met Usman and the others at the latter’s flat in Barari to plan the robbery.
Police said Kuldip was previously involved in 16 kidnapping and robbery cases, while Anuj’s name was mentioned in five criminal cases, and Pradeep was involved in 37 criminal cases.
(with PTI input)
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