Six persons, including a woman, have been arrested for allegedly stealing Rs 5 lakh with the help of a toy gun at a house at Ranjit Nagar earlier this month. The probe led to the recovery of Rs 26,000 in cash.
Police identified the accused as Akshay Kumar and Vikas Rathi, who committed the robbery, and their accomplices Sachin, Sandeep and Kailash. The name of the woman, a domestic help, is yet to be disclosed by police.
The incident occurred on October 5, when the complainant reported that two armed men had entered her house around 7 pm, confined her and her two domestic helps inside a bathroom, and stolen Rs 5 lakh from an almirah. A case of robbery was registered at Ranjit Nagar police station.
Though no immediate clues emerged from CCTV camera footage of the day of the incident, visuals from the previous day showed four men conducting reconnaissance near the complainant’s residence, said police.
Acting on intelligence inputs, police arrested Sachin and Sandeep from Baljit Nagar. Their questioning led police to another accomplice, Kailash in Sagarpur. It was later discovered that one of the woman’s domestic helps had leaked information to the accused, said police, adding that Rs 5,000 was found on her after her arrest, Rs 21,000 was recovered from Sandeep.
“It has come to light that one Rahul had arranged for two men — Akshay Kumar and Vikas Rathi from Bijnor — to commit the robbery at gunpoint. A team arrested Vikas from Bijnor. The toy gun used in the robbery was recovered. Raids were also conducted to apprehend Akshay in Bijnor, but he managed to flee… On Friday morning, he was finally arrested,” said DCP (Central) Nidhin Valsan.
