Police arrested a gang of six suspects on Tuesday for robbing a cattle trader of ₹23.41 lakh on August 21 from Nationwide Freeway 9 (NH-9), police mentioned, including that they recovered about ₹20.5 lakh money from the suspects.
The suspects have been recognized as Tushar Bidhudi, 22, Abhay Bhadana, 22, Nitin Dhama, 23, Arun Kasana, 26, Gaurav Nagar, 21, and Dheeraj Singh Bainsla, 28. Two different suspects, Vishal and Harsh, are nonetheless at massive.
Nipun Agarwal, deputy commissioner of police (metropolis), mentioned, “About three months in the past, one of many suspects, Nagar, met a person, recognized as Monty Kansal at a standard good friend’s social gathering in Delhi’s East Vinod Nagar. Kansal was related to the money switch enterprise from 2018-2020, and he advised Nagar that the Ghazipur market in Delhi witnessed frequent transactions in money. A few week in the past, Nagar, alongside along with his different accomplices hatched a plan to make some fast cash.”
On August 21, they noticed Mohammad Nadeem, a cattle trader from Shaheed Nagar in Ghaziabad, driving a scooter with a bag containing ₹23.41 lakh. Nadeem was going from Delhi’s Ghazipur market and to Dasna in Ghaziabad, mentioned police.
The DCP mentioned, “The suspects adopted Nadeem on their bikes and a automotive. The boys within the automotive clicked Nadeem’s image and forwarded it to the bikers ready forward. The bikers began chasing Nadeem’s scooter. After they have been close to the ABES Faculty crossing on NH-9, they intercepted Nadeem and robbed him at gunpoint. Additionally they took away his scooter.”
Primarily based on a criticism made by Nadeem, the Vijay Nagar police registered an FIR beneath Part 392 (theft), which will probably be transformed to Part 398 (dacoity) as there have been greater than 4 suspects concerned within the gunpoint loot.
In response to police, they checked lots of of CCTV cameras within the space and used digital surveillance and guide intelligence strategies to trace down the suspects.
“The suspects have been lastly arrested from close to the river Hindon bridge, and an quantity of ₹20.5 lakh money was recovered from them. A few of the suspects have earlier circumstances in opposition to them however the loot with Nadeem was their first collective crime. We are going to suggest imposing the Gangsters Act in opposition to them,” Agarwal mentioned.