Two detained for Delhi heist

Two people have been detained and five others identified in connection with Delhi's biggest Rs.7.69-crore heist, police said Friday.

"The two detained are in their early 20s," a police officer told IANS, adding one was an employee of the businessman whose cash was looted in a rush-hour armed robbery on an arterial road Jan 28 morning.

Police have also identified five others who might be involved in the heist.

Six people robbed a businessman of Rs.7.69 crore in cash near Lajpat Nagar in south Delhi and hijacked the car in which he was going with four other employees Jan 28 morning.

Police said that businessman Rajesh Kalra was arrested in 2000 for his links with bookies and was charged in the Hansie Cronje match-fixing case.

According to police sources, the two men were rounded up late Thursday night from a south Delhi area.

The police did not reveal their names, saying it was a still a matter of investigation.

"One of them is an employee of Rajesh Kalra whose money was being taken to be deposited in a bank in the car," said a police officer.

Delhi Police Commissioner B.S. Bassi Thursday said they were investigating all angles and the case would be solved soon.