Tilak Nagar robbery: One more arrested

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Jul 29 2016 | 5:42 PM IST
One more person has been arrested in connection with the daylight robbery in west Delhi's Tilak Nagar area in which a gang of robbers had entered into a house on the pretext of carrying out a survey and looted gold jewellery, cash and property papers, police said today.
The accused, Sunil, 25, was arrested by a team of the Crime Branch from near Peer Baba Majaar at Sector 22 in Rohini, said Ravindra Yadav, Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime).
A total of ten accused, including two women and a Delhi Police constable, has so far been arrested in the robbery case.
Delhi Police constable Sanjay had played a "key role" in the robbery by providing a stolen car to the accused and arranging a meeting of the gang members.
The accused, including Sunil, had gained entry to the house of the victim at Mahavir Nagar in Tilak Nagar area with the help of a woman accused, Ranjeet Kaur, who had claimed to be on a survey exercise, on July 3.
The gand threatened the victim, her mother-in-law and daughter with guns and looted jewellery weighing about 700 gm, Rs 1.32 lakh in cash and property documents, he said.
The robbery was masterminded by Satender who is a distant relative of the family which is in property business, he added.
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First Published: Jul 29 2016 | 5:42 PM IST

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