Denied cigarette, man robs shop owner in Loni

The police said that the arrested men as well as a fourth suspect (to whom the cigarette was denied) are regular members of a gym in Loni and purchased food supplements from the money they robbed.

The police on Saturday arrested three persons who robbed a shop owner in Loni on April 28 after he refused to give their friend a free cigarette. The police said that the arrested men as well as a fourth suspect (to whom the cigarette was denied) are regular members of a gym in Loni and purchased food supplements from the money they robbed.

Rajju, on his way back from the gym a day before the incident, had gone to the shop of one Mukesh Goel in Choridi area and asked for a free cigarette (shutterstock)

The police identified the three men as Mandeep Singh, Monu Nagar and Sumit Nagar, and said the fourth man, Rajju (known by his first name) is presently on the run. They added that Rajju, on his way back from the gym a day before the incident, had gone to the shop of one Mukesh Goel in Choridi area and asked for a free cigarette.

“Goel refused to give him the free cigarette, following which he decided to teach him a lesson. He told his friends and they all decided to rob him. Sumit had purchased an illegal weapon earlier for ₹20,000 and they decided to use it to commit the crime,” Neeraj Kumar Jadaun, superintendent of police (rural), said.