New Delhi: A woman, posing as a police inspector, and his male associate have been arrested for allegedly looting Rs 2 crore from a jeweller on Thursday.
The complainant, Kamal Kultiya, told the police that he had given Rs 2 crore in cash for exchange to his landlord, Mukesh Garg, that was taken away from him at Pitampura by three persons, including a woman, who posed as a police inspector, on December 8.
Mr Garg said the woman, posing as police inspector in plain clothes, and her accomplices intercepted him and accused him of carrying black money and confiscated the bag containing cash. A case was registered at Maurya Enclave Police Station and an investigation was launched.
The police managed to arrest the accused, Dipak Goyal, and recovered Rs 15 lakh of the money from his Pitampura house, DCP (Northwest) Milind Dumbere said. His female accomplice Ratna Behl was arrested at his instance. A pistol and five live cartridges were recovered from her. Efforts are being made to arrest other accused in the case, he added.
