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Robbers used inside contact to clean firm of Rs 15 lakh

Last Updated 27 March 2015, 02:01 IST

Two persons, including a juvenile, have been arrested for robbing a courier office of Rs 15 lakh last month after tying the security guard to a chair inside the bathroom.

The mastermind of the crime Rehan, however, continues to be on the run. Interrogation of the suspects revealed that Rehan had cheated his three accomplices of their fair share of the booty by not disclosing the real amount of the heist. Rehan’s three accomplices got Rs 2.1 lakh each while Rehan pocketed the remaining amount.

Of the entire robbed amount, only Rs 2.85 lakh have been recovered from the two persons nabbed. Police said they hope to make more arrests soon and recover more of the robbed money.

Police said Rehan used to seek help of security guards or similar employees of companies as they were generally aware of where cash was kept. He would either offer them a hefty portion of the robbed money or include them in the robbery plan.

In this particular case, Rehan sought the help of Pankaj Yadav, who worked as a courier collector with Aramax Courier Company’s office in west Delhi’s Mayapuri.

The robbery was committed during the wee hours of February 1. The office’s security guard Ashok Kumar had downed the shutters after the employees had left home.

At 1.30 am, he heard the voice of an employee asking him to allow him inside to collect his mobile phone. When Ashok raised the shutters, it turned out that someone had imitated that employee to fool him.

Three men entered the office and at gunpoint led him to the bathroom where they tied him to a chair and locked the door from outside. They then took the cash chest containing Rs 15 lakh and left the place.

Police were informed after the security guard managed to draw a passer-by’s attention. Two of the suspects, including a boy, were nabbed from outer Delhi’s Bhalswa Dairy on Wednesday based on a tip-off.

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(Published 27 March 2015, 02:01 IST)

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