Delhi: The complainant Shri Varun Gangwani r/o Doriwalan, Manakpura, Karol Bagh, age-32 years, (Who works in tissue papers preparing shop), reported that on 22.02.2022, he went to Sadar Bazar Market for shopping. At about 04:45 PM, when he reached Nala Road, Bartan Market, Sadar Bazar, Delhi, in the meantime three unknown persons passed through, collided with his shoulder and pushed him. When the complainant checked his pant pocket, he found his mobile phone make Samsung S8 pickpocketed. The complainant chased the accused persons and tried to stop them. On this, one accused showed him knife and another lifted a stone and all of them threatened the complainant for dire consequences.
Accordingly on his complaint, a case vide FIR No. 214/22, dated 22.02.2022, u/s 392/397/411/34 IPC was registered at PS Sadar Bazar and investigation was taken up.
Immediately, a dedicated police team led by SI Vikas Rathi, comprising of Ct Giriraj, Ct Manish and Ct Anuj was constituted to nab the culprits, under the close supervision of Inspr. Kanhaiya Lal Yadav, SHO/PS Sadar Bazar and guidance of Ms Pragya Anand, ACP/Sadar Bazar.
The police team conducted technical investigation and several CCTV cameras installed in the vicinity of crime scene were checked/analysed and one of the accused persons was identified through CCTV footages as Honey @ Kila, who is BC of PS Sadar Bazar.
The dossiers of accused persons involved in the similar modus operandi were shown to the complainant consequently, he also identified the accused Honey @ Kila as one of the accused persons, who threatened him by showing knife. Raids were conducted and accused Honey @ Kila, age-32 years was arrested from his house on 22.02.2022 within two hours of registration of the case. The knife used in the commission of crime was recovered from his possession.
During sustained interrogation, accused Honey @ Kila confessed about committing robbery of mobile phone from the complainant along with his associates namely Jeewan Kumar @ Kunal and Praveen.
Immediately, raids were conducted at the possible whereabouts of the co-accused persons and the accused identified as Jeewan Kumar @ Kunal, age-39 years and Praveen, age-41 years were arrested at the instance of accused Honey @ Kila. The robbed mobile phone of present case along with another mobile phone make VIVO was recovered from their possession.
During investigation, it revealed that the accused Praveen had pickpocketed the recovered mobile phone VIVO from a person at Nala Road Sadar Bazar just before committing the robbery. In this regard a case vide e-FIR No. 000222/22, dated 22.02.2022, u/s 379 IPC was registered at PS Sadar Bazar by the complainant Mohd. Mumtaz r/o Pahar Ganj, Delhi.
All the accused persons are school dropout and drug addicts and they commit crime to earn easy money.
RECOVERY:
02 mobile phones.
One Knife used in commission of crime.
Further, investigation of the case is in progress.
