Days after a lady was held hostage at her Noida residence allegedly by her cook dinner and his two accomplices, who then made off with Rs 60 lakh in money and jewelry, and property papers, police have arrested two males — and located {that a} bigger Bihar-based gang was behind the crime.
The accused have been recognized as Rajesh (41) and Parveen alias Sonu alias Mota (30). Police have recovered Rs 4.7 lakhs from their possession. Rajesh was earlier booked in an MCOCA case.
Police mentioned on February 22, the girl was at her residence in Noida Sector 61 when the incident befell.
Two days in the past, Crime Department officers obtained credible inputs about Sonu’s whereabouts, info was gathered and a raid was carried out at Qutub Minar Metro Station in Delhi. He was subsequently arrested. One other raid was then carried out at Chattarpur Pahadi in Delhi and Rajesh was arrested.
“Rajesh admitted that he and his co-accused (who’s but to be arrested) had been the masterminds. He mentioned that they had been planning the heist for a number of weeks and their technique concerned infiltrating the sufferer’s family by inserting a fourth man as a cook dinner beneath the false identify of Rahul,” mentioned Extra CP (Crime Department) Sanjay Kumar Sain.
Based on police, Rajesh claimed a few of the gang members had been from Madhubani and Champaran in Bihar.
Police mentioned facilitated by the cook dinner, Rajesh and his companion gained entry to the sufferer’s home and confined the sufferer. As per their plan, Sonu and two extra males had been positioned outdoors the home to maintain watch.
After committing the theft, the accused individuals fled within the sufferer’s Fortuner earlier than abandoning it; they had been apprehensive it had GPS and could possibly be tracked, mentioned police.
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Throughout questioning, Sonu mentioned the overall looted quantity was Rs 60 lakhs money, gold jewelry and paperwork. “Sonu mentioned he and Rajesh obtained a share of Rs 8 lakh from the loot, out of which Rs 4.70 lakh was recovered from them. A complete of eight members — together with six executors, one who positioned a cook dinner in the home, and one who offered SIM playing cards — executed the complete heist. The quantity was divided amongst them as per their work,” Sain added.
Based on police, Rajesh, initially from Madhubani, has a historical past of committing extremely organised robberies throughout India. A category V dropout, police mentioned his involvement in felony actions started early and he rapidly turned infamous for his participation in violent heists.
His expertise in planning and executing robberies led him to kind and lead a felony community, frequently increasing it with every profitable heist. Police mentioned he dedicated many heists of an identical nature out of which 4 are in Mumbai and one is in Delhi.
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