Five criminals held in Delhi
Monday - July 30, 2018 9:46 pm ,
Category : INDIA
New Delhi July 30 (IANS) Five members of a gang involved in robberies and snatchings at gun point here have been arrested police said on Monday.
The arrested men have been identified as Asif 23 Salman 26 Anil 27 Abid 28 and Arif 34. They are residents of Delhi and Uttar Pradesh.
"They were arrested on Sunday following a tip-off when they came to Sonia Vihar to commit a robbery. Police recovered two bikes five improvised pistols and over Rs 1 lakh in cash from their possession " Deputy Commissioner of Police Atul Kumar Thakur said.
"During interrogation they revealed that Abid after being released from jail two years ago had organised a gang of robbers. Later he befriended another criminal Kamal. Abid got leads of cash movements of various businessman from Kamal " Thakur said.
"Kamal and Abid to evade their arrest used to contact each other on social media platforms " the police officer said.
The gang on July 16 snatched Rs 11 lakh from a Narender Aggarwal who works as a distributor with an MNC in Usmanpur. Abid was later seen in a CCTV footage installed near the robbery spot.
"Kamal who is still at large purchased firearms with that money the next day. The gang was planning to commit more robberies. Efforts are on to arrest other criminals of the gang " the officer added.
--IANS sp/pgh/mr
The arrested men have been identified as Asif 23 Salman 26 Anil 27 Abid 28 and Arif 34. They are residents of Delhi and Uttar Pradesh.
"They were arrested on Sunday following a tip-off when they came to Sonia Vihar to commit a robbery. Police recovered two bikes five improvised pistols and over Rs 1 lakh in cash from their possession " Deputy Commissioner of Police Atul Kumar Thakur said.
"During interrogation they revealed that Abid after being released from jail two years ago had organised a gang of robbers. Later he befriended another criminal Kamal. Abid got leads of cash movements of various businessman from Kamal " Thakur said.
"Kamal and Abid to evade their arrest used to contact each other on social media platforms " the police officer said.
The gang on July 16 snatched Rs 11 lakh from a Narender Aggarwal who works as a distributor with an MNC in Usmanpur. Abid was later seen in a CCTV footage installed near the robbery spot.
"Kamal who is still at large purchased firearms with that money the next day. The gang was planning to commit more robberies. Efforts are on to arrest other criminals of the gang " the officer added.
--IANS sp/pgh/mr
