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3 held for armed robbery at south Delhi home
The perpetrators fled with the CEO’s laptop, mobile phones, and a trolley bag containing clothes, jacket, shoes and a wristwatch. They also took away his scooter
The Delhi Police on Friday said they arrested three men with criminal histories for allegedly robbing the chief executive officer (CEO) of a multinational company at gunpoint in south Delhi’s Sarojini Nagar on the afternoon of December 14.
All three had recently been released from jail on bail. One of them was identified as Shubham alias Tunwa, who allegedly planned the robbery. The other two arrested men were identified as Asif and Mohammad Shariful Mullah, said deputy commissioner of police (southwest) Gaurav Sharma.
On December 14, the multinational company’s CEO Aditya Kumar, who lives in Sarojini Nagar, said in his complaint that he was alone at home around 3.30pm when someone rang the doorbell. As Kumar opened the door, three men pushed him inside and pointed a gun at him. They assaulted him and asked him to hand over all the cash and valuables in the house, said Sharma.
“When he resisted, they tied him up with clothes and ransacked the house. They fled with his laptop, mobile phones, and a trolley bag containing clothes, jacket, shoes and a wristwatch. They also took away his scooter,” said the DCP, adding that a case was registered and several teams were formed to identify and nab the robbers.
During the probe, the police said, Kumar told them that two suspects referred to the third man as Shubham. Investigators then scanned the dossiers of registered criminals with the name.
“Nearly 150 dossiers of criminals bearing the name of Shubham were scrutinised. Investigators zeroed in on Shubham alias Tunwa, who was a resident of RK Puram and had been bailed out in November. We raided his house and learned that Shubham had not been home for the last 15 days,” said the DCP.
On Friday, the police caught Shubham and his two associates riding the stolen scooter in Sarojini Nagar. Their interrogation led to the recovery of all the items stolen from Kumar’s flat.
