Dated 30.6.2009 Desperate Gang of Robbers Busted by Crime Branch. The gang had attacked a Crime Branch Team in Dwarka two days back. Arms & Ammunition recovered include four sophisticated pistols, two extra magazines and 96 live cartridges. One TATA Safari, one Swift car, one Wagon-R car & one Karizma m/cycle and cash Rs. 2.60 lakhs recovered. More than seven sensational cases of robberies of Delhi solved. The Anti Extortion Cell of the Crime Branch has busted the desperate Sonu Kharab gang of robbers and arrested its three members including the gang leader Sonu Kharab and a juvenile. More than seven cases of sensational robberies of Delhi have been solved including the recent robbery case of PS Paschim Vihar in which cash Rs. 25 lakhs was looted from a businessman after firing upon him. Arrest of these hardcore criminals has led to the recovery of four sophisticated pistols, two extra magazines, 96 live cartridges, three robbed vehicles including one TATA Safari, one Maruti Swift car and one Wagon-R car. Cash Rs. 2.60 lakhs has also been recovered from their possession. The accused persons are as under: 1. Sonu Kharab (26 years) s/o Sukhbir Singh r/o RZP-111, Roshanpura Extn. Najafgarh, Delhi. 2. Mukesh (25 years) s/o Ramkumar r/o RZ-328, Durga Vihar Phase – I, Najafgarh, Delhi. 3. A Juvenile resident of Najafgarh Delhi A secret information was received in the Anti Extortion Cell regarding the activities of a desperate gang of robbers active in Delhi. On this a team under the close supervision of Shri Jasvir Malik, ACP/AEC led by Insp. Dalbir Singh and comprising of SI Sanjeev Kumar, ASI Wasi Haider, ASI Rajbir Singh, HC Santraj, HC Jagvir, HC Rajender Dhankhar, HC Sukhbir Singh, HC Virender, HC Pyarelal, Ct. Rajeev Sahrawat and Ct. Sandeep Kumar was constituted to keep a tab over the movements of the gang. The activities of the gang members were placed under survillence and on 27.06.2009, the team got information that the gang is in Mussoori. The police team immediately rushed to Mudsoori but on the way it was learnt that the gang was returning back to Delhi. After a long chase and diligent tracking, the police team intercepted a TATA Safari vehicle of the gang in Sector-16B, Dwarka at about 2:50 am in the night. The police team asked the gang to stop but instead of stopping their vehicle, they started firing on the police team with sophisticated weapons. In retaliation and self-defence, HC Santraj and Ct. Rajeev Sahrawat of the Crime Branch also fired two rounds. In the ensuing melee all the gang members managed to escape from the spot leaving behind their TATA Safari. A case vide FIR No. 101/09 dated 28.06.2009 u/s 186/353/307/34 IPC r/w 25/27 Arms Act was registered at PS Crime Branch against the gang. During verification, the TATA Safari was found to be robbed at gunpoint from the area of PS Chhawla. This encounter further steeled the resolve of the Crime Branch team and a few more teams were constituted to conduct raids in search of the gang members. After painstaking investigation, the Crime Branch team succeeded in arresting three members of the gang including the gang leader Sonu Kharab and Mukesh from Vasant Gaon road along with a juvenile in a looted Maruti Swift car. During search, four sophisticated pistols, two extra magazines along with 96 live cartridges and cash Rs. 2.60 lakhs was recovered from the possession of the accused persons. During verification, the Maruti Swift car was also found to be robbed from Dwarka area at gunpoint. On interrogation, the accused persons disclosed their involvement in the following cases: 1. On 11.06.2009 at about 10 pm, Sonu Kharab and Mukesh along with other gang members had robbed cash Rs. 25 lakhs from a businessman Shri Vinay Goyal after firing upon him. The victim was in his Toyota Innova at the time of incident and he sustained bullet injuries. A case vide FIR No. 244/09 u/s 394/397/34 IPC r/w 25/27 Arms Act stands registered in this regard at PS Paschim Vihar. The vehicles, TATA Safari and Maruti Swift car, used in the commission of this crime and cash Rs. 2.60 lacs have been recovered. 2. In the month of May 2009, Mukesh and other gang members had robbed a Maruti Swift car in the area of PS Dwarka. When the driver resisted, he was beaten and fired upon by the gang. A case vide FIR No. 293/09 u/s 394/397 IPC has been registered at PS Dwarka in this regard. This Swift car was used by this gang in several criminal incidents and has been recovered. 3. In April 2009, Mukesh and other gang members had looted a TATA Safari after firing in the area of PS Chhawla. A case vide FIR No. 76/09 u/s 392/34 IPC PS Chhawla stands registered in this regard. The TATA Safari was later used by the accused persons in several criminal incidents and has been recovered by the police from the spot of the encounter. 4. In May 2009, this gang robbed a white Tavera SUV after injuring the driver with gunshot in the area of PS Chhawla. A case vide FIR No. 119/09 u/s 392/397/34 IPC stands registered at PS Chhawla in this regard. Later, this Tavera SUV was found abandoned in Gurgaon, Haryana. 5. In May 2009, this gang had robbed cash Rs. 73,000/- and mobile phone recharge coupons from a person in the area of PS Nangloi after firing upon him. The victim got severe bullet injuries and a case vide FIR No. 190/09 u/s 394/397/34 IPC was registered at PS Nangloi against the accused persons. 6. In April 2009, one gang member Parveen had given a pistol to one Deepak Tyagi of Palam. Later, Mukesh and other gang members went to Deepak Tyagi and asked him to return the pistol. When Deepak Tyagi refused to return the same, he was fired upon by Mukesh and Praveen to set an example. Deepak Tyagi was injured in this incident. A case FIR No. 154/09 dt. 28-4-09 u/s 307/34 IPC stands registered in this regard at PS Palam Village. Later on, the case was transferred to Crime Branch for further investigation. 7. In the month of May 2009, this gang stole a Santro car from the area of PS Nihal Vihar. A case vide FIR No. 126/09 u/s 379 IPC PS Nihal Vihar, Delhi stands registered in this regard. All the accused persons belong to well to do families of Najafgarh, Delhi. The efforts are on to nab the remaining gang members and for the recovery of looted property. The concerned police stations have been informed about the arrest of the accused persons for necessary action at their end. DY. COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, CRIME & RAILWAYS, DELHI. NORTH DISTRICT PRESS RELEASE 30th June 2009 TWO PROCLAIMED OFFENDERS ARRESTED In two separate cases, North District Police has arrested two proclaimed offenders. Of these one proclaimed offender namely Radhey Shyam Sharma s/o late Sh Raj Bahadur Sharma r/o H. No. 261, Satya Niketan, New Delhi is a notorious human trafficker and is wanted by police of various states. Acting on a specific tip off, Insp. Jai Bhagwan, SHO/Sarai Rohilla alongwith his team consisting of HC Om Prakash and Ct Mohinder Singh apprehended Radhey Shyam from Shastri Nagar. Radhey Shyam is wanted in three cases. (1) FIR No. 96/06 dated 18/03/2006 u/s 420/468 IPC & 138 N.I. Act, P.S. Bharwa, Distt. Kurukshetra, Haryana (2) Complaint case No.29-T dated 07/08/2004, Patiala, Punjab and (3) FIR No. 95/02 dated 28/06/2002 u/s 420/468/471 IPC P.S. Jeera, Distt. Ferozpur, Punjab. Radhey Shyam Sharma is involved in various cases of human trafficking and cheating. He has taken huge amount of money from different people on the pretext of sending them abroad. After taking the money he fled the country and came back around 15 days back. The accused was produced in the court from where he has been taken by officials of P.S. Bharwa on transit remand. In another case ASI Krishan Lal and HC Yashpal of police station Gulabi Bagh apprehended Ganga Sahai @ Ganga Ram s/o Kishan Ram r/o Village Singhpura Distt. Alwar, Rajashthan who had been declared proclaimed offender by the court of Sh Jitender Mishra, MM, Tis Hazari Courts in case FIR No. 200/05 u/s 68 Excise Act, P.S. Gulabi Bagh. (Dr SAGAR PREET) IPS Deputy Commissioner of Police North District, Delhi NORTH DISTRICT 30th June, 2009 PRESS RELEASE GANG OF ROBBERS BUSTED, ONE ARRESTED With the arrest of Sushil @Babu S/o Omprakash R/o F-72, gali No. 6, Village Wazirabad P.S. Timar Pur Delhi, North District police has busted a gang of robbers involved in various pick pocketing and robbery cases in running buses. INCIDENT AND TEAM On 24.6.09 the complainant Mohinder Kumar s/o Kali Ram r/o Qr. No.110/19, Railway Colony Kishan Ganj, Delhi stated that he was robbed of Rs 2200/- at knife point in blue line bus no. DL-1PA-7836, route No. 231 by four boys aged about 24/26 years. At the same time, it came to notice one person has been caught by public at Furkania Maszid, Inder Lok with knife who had reportedly committed robbery in another blue line bus. The police alongwith the complainant Manoj Kumar reached there where one person Sushil @ Babu S/o Om Prakash R/o F-72, gali No. 6, Village Wazirabad, P.S. Timar Pur, Delhi had been nabbed by public. On seeing him, the complainant Manoj Kumar identified him as one of the robbers who had committed robbery in bus route No. 231. Complainant further stated that this person had robbed Rs. 2200/- from him at the point of knife with his associates. In that incident of robbery, Sushil @ Babu alongwith his associates had robbed various passengers in blue line Bus No. DL-1PB-4657 route No. 937 the bus. They had robbed Rs. 7600/- from Mohd Suleman Hashmi, Rs. 2000/- from Sonu s/o Jagdish Pal R/o IK-26, Faridabad and Rs. 7000/- from Ramesh Kumar @ Babloo S/o Khushal Singh R/o E-192, Kishan Vihar, Sultan Puri, Delhi. Two cases vide FIR No. 170/09 dated 24.6.09 U/s 392/394/397/34 IPC and FIR No. 171/09 dated 24.6.09 U/s 394/397/34 IPC & 25/27/54/59 Arms Act P.S. Sarai Rohilla got registered and a team consisting Insp Raj Kumar, SI Yashpal, ASI Kartar, HC Rawat Singh, HC Ramaotar, Ct Sudhir and Ct Satbir under the supervision of Insp Jai Bhagwan, SHO/Sarai Rohilla under the overall leadership of Sh Balwan Singh, ACP/Sarai Rohilla was formed to investigate the matter . INVESTIGATION During investigation, the complainant, Sh. Manoj Kumar stated that he was coming from Punjabi Bagh in blue line bus No. DL-1PA-7836. When the bus reached near Daya Basti Railway Station, Old Rohtak Road two boys boarded the bus from front gate and two from rear gate. One boy stood near the driver while another boy came near him and touched his pocket and pockets of other 3-4 persons. Meanwhile the boy who was standing near bus driver pulled out a knife and threatened the passengers and warned them to remain silent and hand over the cash to them. After some time that person came near him and slapped him and robbed his money i.e Rs. 2200/-. When bus reached near Bhasker Bhawan all boys fled away from the bus. In other incident, the complainant Mohd. Suleman Hashmi s/o Abdul Rehman Hasmi r/o H.No. A-11/82, DDA Flats Inder Lok Delhi stated that he was coming from Fethpuri in bus No. DL-1PB-4657. When the bus reached near Ram Dharm Kanta, two boys boarded the bus from front gate and two from rear gate. One boy stood near the driver while the other boy came near him and touched his pocket and pockets of other 3-4 persons. In the meantime, one boy who was standing near bus driver, pulled out a knife and threatened the passengers to keep quite. After some time that person slapped him and robbed his money i.e Rs. 7600/-. The robbers also robbed Sonu of Rs. 2000/- and Ramesh Kumar of Rs. 7000/-. When bus reached near Furkania Masjid three boys fled away from the bus and the fourth boy was nabbed with the help of others passengers and handed over to police. One buttondar knife and Rs. 500/were recovered from the possession of Sushil @ Babu. INTERROGATION Initially the accused Sushil @ Babu tried to mislead the police that he has been wrongly implicated in this case but after thorough interrogation, he, alongwith his associates, confessed of his involvement in the crime and also disclosed the names of his associates. He further told that earlier he was arrested in case FIR No. 544/08 u/s 308/323/341/506/34 IPC P.S. Timar Pur and remained in Judicial Custody. In jail. he came into contact of desperate criminals and started to commit bus robberies. He along with his associates has been involved in 5-6 cases of pick pocketing and robbery in running buses. His associates have been identified and efforts are afoot to apprehend his other associates. PROFILE OF ACCUSED Sushil @Babu, aged 24 years, s/o Omprakash r/o F-72, gali No. 6, Village Wazirabad P.S. Timar Pur Delhi. He is unmarried and has studied upto class 5. RECOVERY One buttondar knife and cash Rs 500/- have been recovered. (Dr SAGAR PREET) IPS DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF POLICE NORTH DISTRICT, DELHI June, 30th 2009 CASE OF SERVANT THEFT WORKED OUT & STOLEN PROPERTY RECOVERED Staff of PS Punjabi Bagh, West District has worked out a servant theft case and arrested one accused namely Sandeep Kumar S/o Beju Pandit R/O Village Kharka Basant P.S. Nanpur Distt. Sitamarhi Bihar who was working as domestic servant in the house of the complainant. A case was registered vide FIR No. 224 dated 13.6.2009 U/S 381 IPC P.S. Punjabi Bagh Delhi on the complaint of Sh. Maninder singh S/o Sh. Ranbir Singh R/o 83/42 West Punjabi Bagh Delhi against his servant Sandeep Kumar about the theft of cash Rs. 1.5 lacs, diamond & gold jewellery worth about Rs. 10 lacs and 39 wrist watches. STOLEN PROPERTY Cash Rs. 28,000/Diamond and Gold Jewellery articles worth about Rs. 10 lacs 39 wrist watches INVESTIGATION A team under the supervision of Sh. A.K. Lall ACP Punjabi Bagh, headed by Inspr. H.S.P.Singh, SHO Punjabi Bagh, assisted by SI Manoharlal and Ct. Omparkash was constituted to nab the accused and to recover the stolen property. . With the sincere effort by the team, accused namely Sandeep Kumar S/o Beju Pandit R/o Village Kharka Basant P.S. Nanpur Distt. Sitamarhi, Bihar, has been apprehended from his native place in Bihar & recovered cash Rs. 28,000/-, all Diamond and Gold Jewellery articles worth about Rs. 10 lacs and 39 wrist watches from his possession within a short period. MOTIVE Accused Sandeep Kumar, aged 23 years was working as domestic help in the house of complainant for the last 6 years. He has won full confidence of his employer. He wanted to get married and to have lot of money for comfortable married life. He planned to steal the cash, diamond & gold jewellery available in the house of his employer. On 10.6.2009 when complainant along with his family members went to Bangla Sahib Gurudwara Delhi for prayer. He got an opportunity to execute his plan and committed theft of cash, diamond and gold jewellery worth about Rs.10 lacs and during investigation it is revealed that police verification of the domestic help was not got conducted by the complainant. Further investigation of the case is in progress. Staff involved in the good work is being rewarded. (SHARAD AGARWAL) IPS DY. COMMISSIONER OF POLICE: WEST DISTRICT: NEW DELHI 30.6.2009 DESPERATE GANG OF ROBBERS/ SNATCHERS BUSTED 11 CASES WORKED OUT A team of Police Station Khyala West Distt. under the supervision of Inspr. Randhir Singh, SHO/Khayala have arrested two desperate robbers/Snatchers namely, Sunil Narang @ Shilla S/o Hira Lal R/o Dayalsar Road Prem Nagar Uttam Nagar Delhi, aged 23 Year & Rahul Chawla S/o Darshan Chawla R/o Sec. 9 Ambala City Haryana, aged 22 Years, and have recovered Two cars and one motor bike. With their arrest, 7 cases of snatching, 3 cases of motor vehicle theft and one case of robbery has been worked out.One Indica car belonging to Vishav Hindu Parishad (VHP) Rohtak Branch was robbed on 18.6.2009 in the early hours in the jurisdiction of PS Kharkhoda (Sonepat) by the four persons including the above two accused. The above robbers/snatchers are involved in cases of Attempt to murder, Robbery, Snatching, MV Theft and Arms Act etc. Sunil Narang was found in possession of a passport issued from the Regional Passport Office Barreily UP in the name of Parmod Kumar Sexena R/o Distt Etah, U.P and he has visited twice UAE (Dubai) in 2008 and 2009 after committing crime. He is an absentee History Sheeter of Police Station Uttam Nagar. RECOVERY MADE. 1. 2. 3. 4. One Tata Indica Car One Maruti car 800 CC One Black Motor Cycle Bajaj Pulsar One passport issued from Passport office BareIly. NAME AND PROFILE OF ACCUSED ARRESTED 1. Sunil Narang @ Shilla S/o Hira Lal R/o Dayalsar Road Prem Nagar Uttam Nagar Delhi, aged 23 Year (Previous involvements: 10 cases) 2. Rahul Chawla S/o Darshan Chawla R/o Sec. 9 Ambala City Haryana Aged 22 Years (Previous involvements: 08 cases) INFORMATION/OPERATION Information was received by Const. Rajesh Kumar of Police Station Khyala that two criminals involved in snatching/robbery cases will come from Kesho Pur Mandi side and will go towards Vishnu Garden. Immediately the information was passed to SHO/Khyala. A raiding party consisting of HC Jai Parkash, HC Ajay Kumar, Const. Rajesh, Const. Bijender and Const Pardeep Kumar under the supervision of Inspr. Randhir Singh, SHO/Khyala was constituted and deployed in front of Park Hospital, Kesho Pur Mandi Road. At about 6.40 a.m. Tata Indica car came from Keshopur Mandi side. On the instance of informer, the car was stopped. Person driving the car was identified as Rahul Chawla and the other person was identified as Sunil Narang. Rahul Chawla on seeing the police tried to flee but he was chased by Const. Rajesh and apprehended. On interrogation, they disclosed that this car was robbed from the area of PS Kharkhoda Sonepat. The Indica car was having number plate DL 8CM 2739. On search of the car, documents bearing Reg. No. HR 12 L 8542 were recovered from the car. A passport in the name of Parmod Kumar Sexena having photograph of Sunil Narang @ Shilla was also recovered. On sustained interrogation, they confessed that one Maruti Car 800 was also stolen from the area of Police station Saraswati Vihar. On their instance, the said Maruti Car and a Bajaj Pulsar Motor Cycle were recovered. With their arrest, 07 cases of snatching in the area of PS Punjabi Bagh, Hari Nagar, Kirti Nagar and Saraswati Vihar and 03 cases of MV theft of PS Saraswati Vihar have been worked out. Robbery case of PS Kharkhoda, Sonepat has also been worked out. The staff involved in the case is being rewarded suitably. (SHARAD AGARWAL)IPS DY. COMMISSIONER OF POLICE: WEST DISTRICT:NEW DELHI. 30.06.2009 SENSATIONAL CASE OF KIDNAPPING OF A MANAGER OF HDFC BANK FOR RANSOM STAGED BY A DISTANT RELATIVE ALONGWITH THREE ACCOMPLICES SOLVED With the arrest of two kidnappers, the South District police has solved a case of kidnapping for ransom in which ransom of Rs.25 lacs was demanded. ACCUSED ARRESTED ARE: i) Naveen age 25 years s/o Raj Singh r/o 23/181, Gali No. 3, Mahabir Park, Bahadurgarh, Haryana ii) Kuldeep age 26 years s/o late Satpal Sharma r/o 17/69, Gali No. 5, Mahabir Park, Bahadurgarh, Haryana INCIDENT On 27.06.2009 Shree Mukesh Kumar s/o Shri Nagar mal r/o House No/22/222-A, West Sagar Block, J Block Pankha Road, Delhi reported that his brother Suresh Kumar, a heart patient and resident of C-87, UG-II, Gulmarg Apartments, Shalimar Bagh Extension, Sahibabad, UP informed him that his son Rahul who is working with HDFC Bank, Vasant Kunj, Delhi did not return from his place of work since the evening of 26.06.2009. He reached at the bank and made enquiry about Rahul. He also reported that his brother had informed him that some calls are also being received from the mobile of Rahul due to which he came to know that his nephew has been kidnapped. On his statement, a case vide FIR No.254/09 u/s 365 IPC was registered at PS Vasant Kunj and investigation taken up. The father of kidnapped boy Rahul was unable to reach at such a distant place being a heart patient, hence the case was registered on the complaint of his uncle and investigation was entrusted to SI Sukhram Pal. It was further reported by the father of the kidnapped boy that he had been receiving ransom calls for Rs.25 lacs from the kidnappers. The kidnappers were using the phone of Rahul. Accordingly, the section of law was changed to 364-A IPC. TEAM & INVESTIGATION In view of the seriousness of the incident, immediately a team consisting of SI Sukhram Pal, SI Jai Prakash, HCs Subhash, Bane Singh and Harjeet Singh and Constable Surender under the supervision of Inspr. S.P.Singh, SHO/Vasant Kunj and Mr. Mohd. Ali, ACP was constituted. The team so constituted activated the informers and analysed the movements of the victim as well as his friends and acquaintances. Traps were laid at different places where the ransom money was demanded. Suddenly it was learnt that the victim had been coming in the train from Sanpla to New Delhi Railway Station from where he was traced. He was having some injuries in his body and was in very poor condition. He was immediately taken to hospital and after giving the medical aid, he was questioned about the incident in detail. This questioning led the team to one Naveen s/o Raj Singh r/o 23/181, Gali No. 3, Mahabir Park, Bahadurgarh, Haryana who is a distant relative of Rahul. He is the son of younger brother of Rahul’s uncle and his friend Kuldeep s/o late Satpal Sharma r/o 17/69, Gali No. 5, Mahabir Park, Bahadurgarh, Haryana who is presently living in Delhi. It was discovered during the investigation that Naveen in association with his friends Manoj, Harsh and Kuldeep hatched a conspiracy to make some easy money out of kidnapping of Rahul. He lured his relative Rahul for enjoying a specially organised party which was likely to have alcohol and sex. He told Rahul that he was busy and he should come with Manoj. In fact, Manoj was on a motorcycle and Naveen and another friend Harsh in a car present in the area of Vasant Kunj and using STD to call Rahul under a conspiracy to play safe in the matter. Rahul who was under the impression of going to attend this rocking party rode pillion with Manoj and reached in the area of Rahoni. They met Naveen and Harsh and had drinks. Then they left for G.B. Road in the same car. Meanwhile, Rahul was overpowered by Manoj and Harsh. Naveen handed over Rahul to Manoj and Harsh in his car. He then left on the motorcycle from parking and met another associate/friend Kuldeep who was responsible in making ransom call in Eastern UP dialect so as to hide their identities. Kuldeep made several calls to the father and mother of Rahul and demanded Rs.25 lacs for the release in the name of some Munna. Manoj and Harsh kept Rahul in hiding in the area of Village Ismila for the said period. Kuldeep and Naveen were to take money from the father of Rahul. Therefore, Kuldeep was making calls and Naveen was always there with him on a motorcycle and guiding him about phone numbers of the father and mother of Rahul. Both of them were together in order to collect money from the father of Rahul and they first called him at ISBT with a bag of money alone and therefrom to park his car in Millennium Park and take a TSR to Sarojini Nagar Market, thereafter board a train to Shakur Basti, throw the bag of the money from train at Punjabi Bagh and then to reach Mahabir Hospital with the bag full of money. But the father kept demanding to talk to his son and to realease his son first and then ensure delivery of money which they could not do as Rahul was away in Haryana with Manoj and Harsh. INTERROGATION & PROFILE Accused Naveen is doing his graduation from Delhi University. He was running a factory exporting shoes but he could not run it profitably and fell in debt. His father is having property in Bahadurgarh and living on rented income. Accused Kuldeep has also graduated from Delhi University and working in Skyjet Call Center, Gurgaoin and getting salary from there. He is also in debt of about 2 -5 lacs and wanted to rid off debts by the ransom money. He is living in BC Block, Shalimar Bagh. Both the accused were schoolmates and wanted to help each other. Manoj who is absconding is also their schoolmate. RECOVERY 1. One Alto car in which Rahul was kidnapped. 2. One Mobile phone of Rahul from which ransom calls were made. 3. Blood stained ‘T’Shirt which was given to Rahul as his shirt was blood stained because of injuries caused to him in the car in overpowering him. Further investigation is in progress. The details and backgrounds of the criminals are being verified. The members of the police team are being suitable rewarded. ( H.G.S. DHALIWAL ) DCP/SOUTH DISTRICT 30.06.2009 SENSATIONAL CASE OF THEFT OF RS.53 LACS & INNOVA SOLVED WITHIN HOURS – ENTIRE CASH AND VEHICLE RECOVERED With the arrest of Rattan Singh age 36 years s/o Ram Bilas r/o Village Simraha, PS Haripur, District Khagaria, Bihar, the South District Police has solved a case of theft of cash Rs.53 lacs, Innova vehicle and laptop. The entire cash amount, Innova vehicle and laptop have also been recovered. INCIDENT On 29.06.2009, Shri Ankur Sahai s/o Shri Ishwar Sahai r/o G-118, Saket, New Delhi reported that today he is running a company Mectech Process Engineers Private Limited at Udyog Vihar, Gurgaon, Haryana. At about 7 p.m. when he returned to his house in his Innova vehicle No.DL-3C-AJ5037, his driver Rattan Singh after dropping him at the house drove away with the vehicle. He further reported that an amount of Rs.53 lacs and one laptop was also kept in the vehicle. On his statement, a case vide FIR No.240/09 u/s 407 IPC was registered at PS Saket and investigation taken up. TEAM & INVESTIGATION Seeing the gravity of the crime, a special team consisting of Inspector Ishwar Singh, SI Gagan Bhaskar, HC Ombir, Constables Jagpal and Vinod under the supervision of Inspector Pankaj Singh, SHO/Saket & Shri Mehar Singh, ACP/Hauz Khas was formed to solve the case. During investigation, except the name of the accused the complainant did not provide any clue. He submitted that he had hired Rattan Singh as his driver a month back as he came himself to work as driver. Due to his busy schedule, he neither collected any details about the whereabouts of driver nor got him verified from the police. The police team developed clues on the basis of local intelligence and conducted several raids at railway stations, bus stops etc. The prompt and continuous efforts put forth by the dedicated police team who scanned both the railway stations succeeded in identifying and nabbing accused Rattan Singh from Old Delhi Railway Station. The entire cash amount and laptop were also recovered from his possession. INTERROGATION During sustained interrogation, accused Rattan Singh disclosed that his owner used to carry huge amount all the time. He became greedy and planned to take away the money. On getting an opportunity on 29..06.2009, he after dropping the owner in front of the house drove away with the vehicle alongwith cash and laptop. In order to keep himself away from the police net, after committing the crime he abandoned the vehicle at an isolated place in the area of PS Saket and went to Old Delhi Railway Station on a TSR in order to flee to Nepal. PROFILE He has studied up to 8th standard in his native place at Bihar. He has been living in Delhi for the last 10 years. He worked as Driver at different places on temporary basis and joined his present employment a month back. RECOVERY At the instance of accused, the entire cash Rs.53 lacs, Innova vehicle and laptop have been recovered. Investigation of the case is in progress and efforts are being made to ascertain his previous involvements. Members of the police team are being suitably rewarded for their excellent work. ( H.G.S. DHALIWAL ) DCP/SOUTH DISTRICT