Jewelry value Rs 6 crore was robbed after throwing chilli powder within the victims’ eyes.
New Delhi:
Police have arrested three folks with the assistance of Paytm transaction from Rajasthan for allegedly robbing two males in Delhi’s Paharganj space, officers stated on Friday.
The 2 had robbed the lads of jewelry value Rs 6 crore after throwing chilli powder of their eyes.
The accused have been recognized as Nagesh Kumar (28), Shivam (23), and Manish Kumar (22), all residents of Najafgarh, they stated.
A video of the incident is being circulated on social media.
Within the video, two males, one in police uniform, may be seen strolling on a road. After some extent, they cease two individuals. Within the meantime, two extra males be a part of them. They then throw chilly powder of their eyes and run away with the parcel.
Police obtained data relating to the incident on Wednesday.
Complainant Somveer stated he works as a supply boy at a parcel firm in Chandigarh, police stated.
On Wednesday round 4.15 am, he, alongside together with his colleague Jagdeep Saini, picked up the parcels from their workplace in Paharganj and was going in the direction of DBG highway.
When he reached close to Millenium lodge, they noticed two folks already current there, a senior police official stated.
One in all them was sporting a police uniform, they stated, including that he requested for his or her baggage for checking.
In the meantime, two extra individuals got here and so they threw chilli powder of their eyes and threatened them handy over the bag to them or else they are going to kill them. The accused robbed their parcels consisting of jewelry and fled from there, police stated.
Throughout the investigation, police checked over 700 CCTV footage from final seven days when the incident occurred and in addition gathered native intelligence close to the spot. The actions of 4 individuals close to the spot appeared suspicious, the officer stated.
It was discovered that the accused had been speaking to a cab driver and one in all them had transferred Rs 100 to the account of the driving force by means of Paytm in alternate for money for purchasing tea, Deputy Commissioner of Police (central) Shweta Chauhan stated.
The transaction was analysed and the culprits had been recognized because the residents of Najafgarh, she stated.
Police discovered that the accused had gone to Rajasthan. A group was despatched to Jaipur and three individuals had been arrested.
A complete of 6,270 grams of gold, three-kilogram silver, 500 grams of gold deposited in IIFL, and 106 uncooked diamonds with different diamond jewelry all value Rs 5.5 to 6 crores had been recovered from their possession, the DCP stated.
Additional, efforts are being made to determine the remaining culprits.
Nagesh, the mastermind of the theft, deliberate to commit the crime together with his buddies and maternal uncle, they added.
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