Delhi: Rs 35 lakh in cash stolen from businessman at gunpoint

An insider's job is suspected, since the accused were aware that the cash was being transported in the car.

Update: 2018-05-26 06:39 GMT
'Late last night, an i20 car stopped outside his shop and three men alighted and had an omelette. After they ate, an employee asked for the payment. The three men instead of making the payment got furious and assaulted him. They then fired three rounds. Luckily no one was injured. They went away without making payment,' police official said. (Photo: Representational | Pixabay)

New Delhi: Unidentified persons on Friday stole Rs 35 lakh from a businessman's manager and driver in northwest Delhi's Model Town, police said.

They were both on their way to the businessman's house in a car when a SUV, bearing a Haryana registration number intercepted their vehicle. Four men with covered faces were inside.

Two of them got down, broke the windowpane on the driver's side of the businessman's car and took the car keys at gunpoint, the police said. Later, they opened the car's trunk and took the bag containing Rs. 35 lakh in cash.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (Northwest) Aslam Khan said that an insider's job was suspected, since the accused were aware that the cash was being transported in the car.

The police are probing whether any employees of the businessman were involved. They are also questioning the driver since he was hired just a month and a half ago.

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