Delhi man robs person to buy expensive gift for girlfriend arrested

New Delhi August 20A 22-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly robbing a person at knife point here in order to give an expensive gift to his girlfriend on her birthday officials said on FridayThe accused has been identified as Virat Singh a resident of Dabri in southwest Delhi they saidOn the intervening night of Friday and Saturday an incident of robbery was reported at Dabri police station where a man alleged that when he was going home and was near Sitapuri bus stand Dabri four men robbed his mobile Rs 5500 and his identity card at knife point a senior police officer saidHe also alleged that one of the accused stabbed him with a knife during the robbery police saidOn Tuesday information was received regarding the criminals involved in the incident Police reached near Gurjar Dairy Dharmpura Najafgarh and apprehended Singh Deputy Commissioner of Police Dwarka Santosh Kumar Meena saidDuring interrogation he disclosed that he was working in a call centre in Gurgaon but he lost his job during lockdown He wanted to give an expensive gift to his girlfriend on her birthday police saidTo fulfil their financial requirements the accused committed the robbery they saidOne robbed mobile phone was recovered from Singhs possession police said adding that efforts are being made to nab the other accused persons PTI