More than five months after an armed robbery at a residence in Delhi’s Golf Links, police have arrested the prime accused from Mumbai, officers said on Thursday.
Deputy commissioner of police (New Delhi) Sachin Sharma confirmed the arrest. “His transit remand has been sought and he is yet to reach Delhi. The accused allegedly manhandled the family members, held them hostage in a room and threatened them to hand over their jewellery. Police filed a chargesheet against the four men in July, while the prime accused remained absconding.
He entered the house around 7.30pm-8pm, followed by five masked men. Police subsequently arrested four men — Guddu Kumar Kamat alias Raju, 35, and Raman Kamat alias Sushil, 38, both residents of Bihar; Amit Singh alias Gabbar, 30, of Sangam Vihar; and Hasan, 30, a Bihar resident who police identified as the mastermind.
He has multiple cases of robberies registered against him and had fled with most of the jewellery,” the officer said. An elderly couple, their daughter-in-law and their grandchild were inside the house when the incident took place, police said According to police, the domestic help had been hired around five to six days before the robbery. The accused was identified as Devendra Kamat alias Rahul and was arrested from Mumbai on Wednesday, a senior police officer said.
The robbery took place on April 18 this year, when a domestic help and five of his associates allegedly entered the house of a liquor company owner and held his family members hostage before fleeing with jewellery.
