New Delhi, Six men have been arrested for allegedly robbing ₹ 70 lakh from a man after blocking his scooter near the Gulabi Bagh underpass in north Delhi, throwing chilli powder into his eyes and assaulting him before fleeing with a backpack containing the cash, police said on Wednesday.
Investigation revealed that Mantu was allegedly masterminded the robbery. During the investigation, police examined CCTV footage from Kucha Mahajani, which showed two motorcycles following the complainant’s scooter as he left the area after collecting the money. Police conducted coordinated raids in Delhi, Rajasthan and Bihar, leading to the arrest of six accused.
A case was registered at Roop Nagar police station on October 26 under sections 309 and 3 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita . Yogesh Kumar was arrested from Bhiwadi in Rajasthan on October 29, and ₹ 1.53 lakh was recovered from his possession. The same day, Seetu was arrested from Burari in Delhi, with ₹ 11.80 lakh recovered from him, police said. On October 30, three more accused Chandan Kumar , Sushobhan alias Sonu and Manish Kumar alias Vicky were arrested during raids in Bihar. Police recovered ₹ 2.5 lakh from Chandan, ₹ 1 lakh from Sushobhan and ₹ 5.29 lakh from Manish. Based on the information provided by Yogesh and Seetu, police arrested the sixth accused, Mantu Yadav , from Ballimaran in Chandni Chowk on October 31. A black bag containing ₹ 8.10 lakh was recovered from his residence, along with three debit cards and a PAN card bearing his name.
The registration numbers of the motorcycles were established and technical surveillance, along with analysis of call detail records, helped identify the suspects, Deputy Commissioner of Police Niharika Bhatt said. A motorcycle was also seized from Chandan, they said. He had earlier worked as a cleaner at a shop in Kucha Mahajani and was familiar with the movement of people carrying large amounts of cash from the wholesale market, police said.
