Three persons have been recently arrested and a sum Rs 1.27 crore recovered in connection with the robbery in the national capital’s Baba Haridas Nagar.
Police on Friday received a call in the police control room where the caller stated that some persons posing as ED officials decamped with over Rs 3.2 crore from his house.
The officials said that, two persons were involved in the dacoity and also apprehended on Saturday while one accused was apprehended earlier during the investigation.
An FIR was registered in this connection and subsequently, one Amit was arrested from Narela in the city and Rs 70 lakh of the looted cash was recovered from him.
Police stated that a car and an illegal pistol allegedly used in the theft were seized from his possession.
Based on Amit’s interrogation and information received from secret sources, another accused, identified as Rohit, was apprehended on Saturday night and on the basis of further interrogation of both the accused, a dedicated team of Operations Cell Dwarka was constituted to nab the remaining 3 accused persons and to recover the looted cash.
A search operation by the team led to the arrest of one Manish from whom Rs 57 lakh cash was recovered. Police stated, another car used in the commission of the crime was also recovered.
The total amount of recovered cash in the case till now totalled Rs 1.27 crore, police said.
Officials stated, that further raids are being conducted at Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh by several police teams.
