Miscreants posing as fake ED officials loot ₹3.2 crore in Delhi, 1 arrested

The police said that several raids are underway to nab other suspects in the case.

The Delhi Police on Saturday arrested one of the miscreants, who posing as Enforcement Directorate (ED) officers entered a house and looted approximately ₹3.2 crore in West Delhi's Baba Haridas Nagar area. The police control room (PCR) team caught a car along with a man with ₹70 lakh cash in Narela.

The Delhi Police. (X)

The Delhi Police on X posted about incident saying that the person is held with a pistol and 4 live cartridges. "Delhi Police @DCPPCRDELHI personnel chased and caught an accused who was running away in a car after stealing ₹70 lakh. A pistol and 4 live cartridges were recovered from the accused," it said.

The victim made a PCR call after the robbers left his home. "Six people came to my house saying that they are from the ED and looted ₹3 crore from my house. They came in two cars. All of them were carrying guns with them," the victim told the police, reported ANI.

After the alert, the PCR team saw a car whose driver was driving in a dangerous and suspicious manner while routine checking. After a chase of about 2 km, police managed to stop the car. On further frisking of the accused, one pistol with four live cartridges and ₹70 lakh in cash were recovered from his possession. He was then arrested and handed over to the police team of Baba Haridas Nagar police station.

"Local police have constituted many teams for the arrest of remaining accused and raids at all possible hideouts to locate the rest of accused persons are being conducted. An FIR has been registered on the complaint of the victim," the police said.

(With inputs from ANI)