New Delhi: With the arrest of seven persons, the Delhi police on Monday claimed to have busted a gang of dacoits who committed dacoity at Delhi Metro construction sites.
On July 16, a PCR call was received at Pandav Nagar police station regarding robbery of copper wires at Yamuna Khadar, opposite Akshardham Temple. Immediately a police team reached the spot where one Mithilesh Jha was present.
Spot inspection revealed that Jha was working as a private security guard on the under-construction elevated Metro track and that night four persons had come to the site under the cover of darkness, overpowered him and had kept him hostage by tying his hands and feet. When Jha attempted to resist, they hit him on his head with a steel rod.
Thereafter, the dacoits started cutting the copper connecting wire from the bundles lying on the track and collected the pieces in a truck waiting for them. Suspecting something amiss, an armed watchman Manoj Kumar came at the spot but he too was overpowered and held hostage in the same way. Both of them were gagged.
Once the truck was loaded, the robbers escaped taking with them the mobile phones and double barrelled gun of the second watchman.
In the meantime, some other security guards also got suspicious about the truck and attempted to intercept it.
In its hurry to get away, the truck got stuck in the mud and the truck driver, Ishtiyaq, was apprehended, while his partner later identified as Imran managed to escape as did the other dacoits.
The investigation began with the interrogation of the Ishtiyaq who was apprehended on the spot. He revealed that he was only the driver of the truck, living in Ghazipur and had been engaged by one unknown person who simply told him that certain goods had to be collected. This was, therefore, a blind case of dacoity.
Immediately, a team was formed and thorough collection of clues from the spot, questioning of the driver and the two watchmen and electronic surveillance, a list of suspects was drawn.
Over the next few days, several raids were carried out at multiple locations. Eventually a three-seater auto that had carried the four dacoits to the spot was identified.
Upon interrogation of its driver Farman, further leads were developed and all accused persons were identified as Imran (Kabadi), Kamal alias Bheem (Master Mind), Nirdosh, Murari and Vikas alias Vicky.
They were all found to be living in Gaspuri and Anna Nagar JJ Colonies. Being shrewd and desperate, they had all absconded. Upon interrogation, they were all found to be operating a gang committing robberies, dacoities and thefts along the Delhi Metro Corridors which were under construction.
Their mastermind Kamal @ Bheem identified places along the Delhi Metro Corridor where expensive equipment or construction material was found lying. Thereafter, the kabadi Imran would be contacted for planning to transport the stolen items.
In the commission of dacoity, Bheem was helped by his sidekicks Nirdosh, Murari and Vicky. They were transported to the scene of crime by their dedicated TSR driver Farman who always waited in readiness to facilitate the escape of the dacoits.
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