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Delhi: Two held for killing man during robbery
The arrested men were identified as Sikahdar alias Sikku, 21, and Vivek Singh, 20.
Four days after a 42-year-old electrician was stabbed to death on a busy road in central Delhi’s West Patel Nagar for resisting an armed robbery, the police on Tuesday said they arrested two men and apprehended six minor boys in connection with the crime. The alleged accused stabbed the electrician in his abdomen before robbing him of his mobile phone, ₹3,000 cash, a gold ring and Aadhaar card, police said.
The electrician, identified by his first name as Manoj, lived with his family in Baba Faridpuri area near West Patel Nagar and worked at an electronics showroom in Baljeet Nagar, police said. “The knife used in the crime was recovered along with Manoj’s stolen phone and Aadhaar card. The suspects spent the looted money,” said a senior police officer, adding that nearly 60 police personnel scanned footage from over 400 CCTV cameras in a 1km radius of the scene of crime to identify and nab the suspects.
The arrested men were identified as Sikahdar alias Sikku, 21, and Vivek Singh, 20. The six apprehended teenagers are between the age of 15 and 17, police said. One of them was previously involved in a case of assault and wrongful restraint. All of them have been booked for murder and dacoity, said deputy commissioner of police (central) Shweta Chauhan.
The incident is the latest in a series of snatching and robbery cases in which the victims suffered fatal or serious injuries besides losing their valuables. According to Delhi Police data, Delhi reported 5,108 snatching cases till August 15 this year -- 851 more than what was reported during the same period in 2020. Similarly, robbery cases increased by 178 till August 15 this year to touch 1,264, as compared to 1,086 cases reported during the same period in 2020.
On October 22 around 8.30 pm, Manoj was returning home from his workplace when a group of eight persons allegedly cornered him on a busy road in Block 35, West Patel Nagar. They held him at knifepoint and made him hand over the cash and other belongings. But Manoj resisted their bid to rob him and ran towards a lane while screaming for help.But the suspects chased him and one of them stabbed him in the abdomen. “We scanned the footage from over 400 CCTV cameras and identified all suspects. All of them have been caught,” said DCP Chauhan.
