A trader was robbed by bike-borne robbers at gunpoint in Delhi's Kashmiri Gate area, said an official on Wednesday. Robbers took away the victim's scooty in which Rs 3 lakh was kept. The incident was caught on a CCTV camera. This was the third such robbery incident in the national capital within 10 days.
70-year-old trader robbed of Rs 1 lakh
In another robbery incident, a 70-year-old trader was dragged on the road in northeast Delhi's Harsh Vihar when he tried to resist two robbers who snatched his bag containing Rs 1 lakh cash and fled the spot, police said on Tuesday.
The incident took place on June 19 when the victim, Sansar Singh, was going home in Ghaziabad after closing his general store in Mandoli area, they said, adding no arrest has been made in the case.
According to police, Singh was sitting on a motorcycle as a pillion outside his shop when two men reached there and tried to snatch his bag. When he resisted, one of the robbers threatened him with a pistol and took away his bag containing the money, police said.
Pragati Maidan tunnel robbery case
Meanwhile, seven people have been arrested in connection with the gunpoint robbery of a delivery agent and his associate inside the Pragati Maidan tunnel here, police said on Tuesday. The accused robbed them of about Rs 2 lakh on Saturday when they were on their way in a taxi to Gurugram in Haryana to deliver the money.
Preliminary investigation has revealed that the accused carried out recces on Thursday and Friday, and were on the look out. On Saturday, they executed the robbery, a senior police officer said.
CCTV camera footage received by the Delhi Police showed four motorcycle-borne men intercepted the car and robbed the delivery agent of Omiya Enterprises, Chandni Chowk, and his associate.
The accused have been identified as Usman Ali alias Kallu, Irfan, Sumit alias Akash, residents of Burari; Anuj Mishra alias Sanki, a resident of Bhalaswa Dairy; Kuldeep alias Lungad, a resident of Jahangirpuri; Pradeep alias Sonu, a resident of Baghpat in Uttar Pradesh; and Amit alias Bala, a resident of Loni in Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh, police said.
They were following the taxi and chose to stop it inside the tunnel as they had a higher chance of success to execute the robbery. People usually do not stop in tunnels and drive through them at speed, according to police.
The victims had booked the taxi from Red Fort and when it entered the Pragati Maidan tunnel, the four men waylaid the vehicle, they said.
Police said the victims tried to resist, but the accused snatched a bag, containing the cash, at gunpoint and fled.
Following the incident, raids were conducted at different places in Delhi and Haryana, and Usman, Mishra and Kuldeep were arrested, Special Commissioner of Police (Crime) Ravindra Singh Yadav said. Police added that later, the others were nabbed.
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