Three cases of robbery

By Our Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI, SEPT. 28.

Six persons involved in three cases of robbery have been arrested from different parts of the Capital during the past 24 hours.

A resident of Ghaziabad, Deedar Singh (35), was caught by some members of the public and the police soon after he had along with three of his associates committed a robbery at a house in Karol Bagh.

The police said the four culprits had gone on two scooters to the 12/13 Gali Naiwalan, Karol Bagh house of Rajbeer Singh (50) yesterday afternoon. Armed with a knife and countrymade pistol, they had entered the house and threatened Rajbeer's mother, Satvant Kaur (70), wife, Ravinder Kaur (45), daughter, Sukhbeer Kaur (18), son, Saheb Singh (10) and servant, Jassa Ram.

Then they had taken away two gold bracelets from Satvant Kaur and two gold rings and artificial jewellery from Sukhbeer Kaur. However, as Jassa Ram raised an alarm, the culprits were forced to flee. While three of them managed to get away, Deedar Singh was caught. The police were now trying to nab the other accused and effect the recovery of the robbed property.

In another case, the Nabi Karim police arrested three persons who had along with an associates robbed a man of Rs 2,000 at Paharganj bridge in Central Delhi.

The police said the accused -- Satya Prakash, Rohit and Satpal -- were all in their early 20s and residents of Paharganj. On the September 24 night, they had robbed Sirajuddin, a resident of Farash Khana, G.B. Road, of Rs 2,000. Having recovered Rs 200 from the arrested persons, the police are now searching for their associate, who is absconding.

Two other persons were arrested by the R.K. Puram on the charge of robbing a three-wheeler scooter rickshaw (TSR) driver of Rs 250 last night.

The police said the accused, Sanjeev Kumar and Anil Badri, both residents of A-Block, Servant Quarters, Netaji Naga,r had along with their associate hired a TSR from Chanakya Cinema for going to Munirka.

However, on reaching the stretch of Africa Avenue Road touching Sector 3 of R.K. Puram, the accused whipped out a knife and robbed a purse, containing Rs 250 and an identity card, from the driver, Deepak Chand of Shahdara.

The police said on the complaint of the driver, they chased the culprits in the same TSR and nabbed two of the accused. The robbed property and the weapon of offence were recovered from the possession of the accused.

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