NewDelhi : Four persons, including employees of a dairy, has been arrested for allegedly staging a robbery of nearly Rs.4 lakh in south Delhi’s Deoli, the police said on Thursday.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) Atul Kumar Thakur said Rs.2.58 lakh along with three countrymade pistols and seven live cartridges have been recovered from Satya Pal (28), Om Prakash (22), Nishant (19) and Arjun Kumar (21).
On September 23, at 2.30 p.m., the police said they received a call regarding a robbery near a private school in Neb Sarai’s Deoli.
On reaching the spot, the team met the complainants — Nishant Gupta and Arjun — who said the incident happened when they were going to Punjab National Bank from a dairy to deposit their owner’s money. The duo said they were on a scooty when three-four persons stopped them. The accused then took the cash from them at gunpoint and sped off. While Arjun was currently working at the dairy, Nishant had quit a month ago but offered to help on the day of the incident, the police said.
A case under Sections 392 (punishment for robbery), 397 (robbery, or dacoity, with an attempt to cause death or grievous hurt) and 34 (common intention) of the IPC have been registered.
During probe, the police grew suspicious and decided to question one of the complainants.
“Arjun, who was carrying the money to PNB, broke down and confessed to having hatched the conspiracy along with Nishant to get all cash from the dairy robbed with help of Om, Satyapal, and others,” Mr. Thakur said.
On Arjun’s instance, the rest of the accused were nabbed following a few raids, the police added.