Chased from Chandni Chowk in Delhi, looted at gunpoint in Pragati Maidan Tunnel
Daylight robbery at gunpoint! The news is from Delhi, where on Saturday afternoon, two bike-borne miscreants carried out a major robbery incident in the Pragati Maidan tunnel. Two employees of a business firm were moving towards Gurugram with two lakh rupees in a bag. Meanwhile, two miscreants riding a bike stopped the middle tunnel cab, before anyone could understand anything, a miscreant took out a pistol and pointed it at their head. Then snatched a bag full of money and fled from the spot.
#WATCH | A delivery agent and his associate were robbed at gunpoint of Rs 1.5 to Rs 2 lakh cash by a group of unknown assailants inside the Pragati Maidan Tunnel on June 24. Police registered a case and efforts are being made to apprehend the criminals: Delhi Police
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After the incident, the victim immediately informed the police. The victim told the police that he had left on Saturday afternoon in a cab to give two lakh rupees to a firm in Gurugram. In the middle of the way, at the Pragati Maidan tunnel, he met two youths riding a bike, who forced him to stop saying that there would be an accident ahead. After this, he took out the pistol and pointed it in front of him, then took him to one side of the tunnel and started looting, after which he fled from the spot, but before that he threatened to kill him if he chased them.
The victim told the police that during the entire incident, several vehicles were passing at high speed, but no one paid any attention to them. Even no one stopped for a minute and tried to understand the developments. Significantly, the victim is an employee of Sajan Kumar, a resident of Mehsana Gujarat, who has a gold-silver business in Chandni Chowk.
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On the other hand, in this case, the police officer says that in the CCTV camera installed in the tunnel, the identity of the attackers has been captured along with their bike, on the basis of which they are being searched. According to the information received there, the cab was booked by the victim from Red Fort, the robbers were following them from Chandni Chowk itself. According to the police, the gang that looted around Chandni Chowk is currently being investigated. Along with this, the team of Crime Branch-Special Cell is also investigating in this matter. At the same time, in this case of loot, an FIR has been registered in Tilak Marg police station.
