Gang of robbers who looted aluminium scrap arrested

Five members of a gang of robbers who looted 5-6 tonne of aluminium scrap by holding hostage workers in a godown in Shahbad Dairy area of outer Delhi has have been arrested, police said today.

Accused Inderjeet, Dinesh, Fayyaz, Vijay and Vinod were arrested by a police team near Bhalaswa Jheel while carrying the stolen scrap in a tempo to sell it to a buyer, on November 8, said Ravindra Yadav, Joint Commissioner of Police(Crime Branch).

The Crime Branch team also recovered 3 tonne of the stolen aluminium scrap which is estimated to be worth Rs 4 lakh, he said.
 

The gang had barged into the godown on the night of November 5 and taken away the whole aluminium scrap weighing around 5-6 tonne in a tempo after holding hostage three workers guarding the godown.

Accused Dinesh and Vijay had alongwith their other associates allegedly committed murder of a watchman Jagdish at DSIDC, Sector-I in Bawana with iron rod during a theft in 2010. They were arrested and facing trial in the case, he added.