Man held in Delhi for staging robbery to steal Rs 5 lakh from employer
New Delhi Oct 21 PTI A 34-year-old man was arrested for allegedly staging a robbery along with his cousin brother to steal Rs 5 lakh from his employer in Delhis Wazirabad area police said on ThursdayThe accused have been identified as Deepak a resident of Haidarpur and his cousin brother Aslam 39 a resident of Trilokpuri They were planning to start a business with the stolen money they saidOn Monday Wazirabad police station received information about a robbery in the area The complainant Deepak alleged that he was robbed of Rs 5 lakh cash that he had collected on the instruction of his employer Rajeev Bansal and his mobile phone by two motorcycle-borne men the police saidDeepak claimed that the incident took place around 615 pm when he was going to Seelampur from Rohinis Sector-3 via Ring Road to deliver the money As he crossed the Burari flyover the men on the motorcycle threw red chilli powder in his eyes and fled with the cash and his mobile phone after he stopped his scooter a senior police officer saidHowever the red chilli powder was found neither at the crime scene nor on Deepaks clothes He also changed his statement frequently and there were several discrepancies in his account of events the officer said adding that Bansal was also called to the spotDuring interrogation Deepak revealed that he wanted to start a water plant and hence hatched a plan with Aslam to stage the robbery to steal the money from his employer Deputy Commissioner of Police north Sagar Singh Kalsi saidHe called Aslam under the Burari flyover and handed over the cash and his mobile phone to him Thereafter he called the police using the mobile phone of a passerby claiming that he had been robbed the DCP saidA case was registered raids were conducted and co-accused Aslam was arrested Deepaks mobile phone and cash worth Rs 492000 were recovered from his possession Kalsi saidDeepak who had been working for Bansal for the last five to six years was earlier involved in two cases of criminal breach of trust and theft Bansal had not got Deepaks police verification done the police said PTI NIT NIT DIV DIV
New Delhi Oct 21 PTI A 34-year-old man was arrested for allegedly staging a robbery along with his cousin brother to steal Rs 5 lakh from his employer in Delhis Wazirabad area police said on ThursdayThe accused have been identified as Deepak a resident of Haidarpur and his cousin brother Aslam 39 a resident of Trilokpuri They were planning to start a business with the stolen money they saidOn Monday Wazirabad police station received information about a robbery in the area The complainant Deepak alleged that he was robbed of Rs 5 lakh cash that he had collected on the instruction of his employer Rajeev Bansal and his mobile phone by two motorcycle-borne men the police saidDeepak claimed that the incident took place around 615 pm when he was going to Seelampur from Rohinis Sector-3 via Ring Road to deliver the money As he crossed the Burari flyover the men on the motorcycle threw red chilli powder in his eyes and fled with the cash and his mobile phone after he stopped his scooter a senior police officer saidHowever the red chilli powder was found neither at the crime scene nor on Deepaks clothes He also changed his statement frequently and there were several discrepancies in his account of events the officer said adding that Bansal was also called to the spotDuring interrogation Deepak revealed that he wanted to start a water plant and hence hatched a plan with Aslam to stage the robbery to steal the money from his employer Deputy Commissioner of Police north Sagar Singh Kalsi saidHe called Aslam under the Burari flyover and handed over the cash and his mobile phone to him Thereafter he called the police using the mobile phone of a passerby claiming that he had been robbed the DCP saidA case was registered raids were conducted and co-accused Aslam was arrested Deepaks mobile phone and cash worth Rs 492000 were recovered from his possession Kalsi saidDeepak who had been working for Bansal for the last five to six years was earlier involved in two cases of criminal breach of trust and theft Bansal had not got Deepaks police verification done the police said PTI NIT NIT DIV DIV
