Rs 1.25 crore robbery solved claims police, 7 arrested

The police today claimed to have solved the sensational robbery of over Rs one crore from the employees of a businessman in Kamla Market area here with the arrest of seven persons including the driver of the businessman.
The robbers posing as cops had abducted the employees of the businessman based in Jharkhand and looted cash amount of Rs 1.25 crore, on September 8 evening.
After the loot, the three employees of the businessman contacted the police and an FIR was registered at Kamla Market police station, said Parmaditya, DCP of Central Delhi.
During investigation, police thoroughly examined CCTV camera footage of the New Delhi railway station parking where the employees of the businessman had boarded the vehicle of their employer. Employees were also grilled and it emerged that money was regularly transferred by the businessman from Ranchi to Delhi, he said.

Finally, the driver of the vehicle Sunil Purti came under scanner and during interrogation he spilled the beans.
Information provided by him led to arrest of other accused Naresh Kumar Sharma, Beant Singh, Sandeep Kumar, Ashok, Shraddha and Sudesh by a police team, the officer said.

Further interrogation led to recovery of Rs 1.24 cash, a country made pistol, one revolver, wireless set, police uniform and the vehicles used by the accused in the robbery. The vehicle of the businessman was also recovered, he said.
One of the employee of the businessman, Prabhay Mehto had reached Delhi by train carrying the cash on afternoon of September 8. He met two other employees at parking of the railway station and they boarded a vehicle driven by Sunil Purti, for delivering the money.

When the vehicle reached Tagore Road, a man in police uniform stopped it and entered the vehicle. Two other men also came in and one started driving the vehicle. The employees were pushed out near Geeta Colony fly over and the trio drove away with the vehicle carrying Rs 1.25 crore.
Sunil told the police that he knew about the transfer of large amounts and had planned the robbery sharing his information with a friend Shraddha. Later, the other accused joined in the plan.
The gang had assembled at New Delhi railway station on the day of incident. They had started chasing the vehicle of the businessman as soon as it left the parking lot. Later, Beant Singh who was in police uniform stopped the vehicle.

Further investigation in the case is going on, added the officer.