₹70L jewellery heist: 3 gang members held, 1 absconding

Accused met in Muzaffarnagar jail, used stolen bike, fled via cab; one injured in police encounter, another planned fresh robbery in city.

Published on: Mar 18, 2026, 08:09:10 IST

By Debashish Karmakar

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Faridabad police have arrested three men in connection with the March 11 armed robbery of a jewellery showroom in Sarurpur, officials said Tuesday. Two interstate robbery gang members were held from Uttar Pradesh, while a third was apprehended after an exchange of fire in Surajkund. A fourth accomplice remains on the run.

The accused have been identified as Mohammad Sakib (26) of Singrara; Mohammad Javed, alias Mental (40), from Bhagra, both in the Muzaffarnagar district; and Dharambir, alias Babu Yadav (38), of Rasulpur in the Sambhal district, Uttar Pradesh.

Sakib was arrested from Loni in Ghaziabad on Sunday, and Javed was held from Bhagra on Monday by the Faridabad Police crime branch. Based on their interrogation, police traced Dharambir, who was apprehended early Tuesday after an exchange of fire on Shooting Range Road in Surajkund, Haryana. Dharambir sustained a bullet injury in his left leg and is stated to be stable.

According to assistant commissioner of police (crime) Varun Kumar Dahiya, Sakib remained outside the showroom during the robbery. “He kept waiting for them on the motorcycle with its engine running. As soon as the two suspects came out after looting the showroom, he helped them flee immediately from the spot,” Dahiya said.

The robbery occurred between 1.46pm and 1.55pm on March 11, when two armed men held owner Sanjay Verma at gunpoint and fled with ornaments worth around ₹70 lakh. Sakib was produced before a court and remanded to five days’ police custody.

Police said the trio escaped to Bajali Colony, where they abandoned the motorcycle stolen from Delhi’s Ramesh Park area on February 21 and fled in a hired cab. The gang’s fourth member, Rehan, who allegedly conducted reconnaissance, is absconding. Police records show Sakib has six criminal cases against him, Javed 11, and Dharambir four. The four accused came in contact while lodged in Muzaffarnagar Prison.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Debashish Karmakar
Debashish Karmakar is a principal correspondent with the Hindustan Times, Gurugram bureau. He has a vast journalistic experience of almost 14 years of covering crime, court, power, transport, administration, weather and other beats while working across various organisations. He has been covering Gurugram, Faridabad, Nuh, Palwal and other districts of southern Haryana for more than four and a half years. He has produced several breaking and exclusive stories while reporting from the ground where he maintains a strong presence on a daily basis. He writes news articles which are hard-hitting and accurate. With his strong bureaucratic sources, he frequently writes stories to expose the failure of the system forcing authorities to take necessary course-corrective steps. Besides crime, important convictions and court orders, he also writes on human-angle stories, on power issues and challenges faced by the residents on a daily basis in Gurugram and neighbouring areas. In the past, he worked for media houses like The Times of India, where he extensively reported on important government matters and daily proceedings at the Patna High Court. He has also worked in the electronic media and had done ground coverage on the Kedarnath deluge that wrecked Uttarakhand in 2013.Read More

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