19-year-old girl arrested for armed robbery

A 19-year-old girl has been arrested for armed robbery at a house in south Delhi’s Safdarjung Enclave last week. Sana had befriended the complainant, property consultant Jyoti Chhabra. Late on May 5, Jyoti was with Sana and a friend named Pooja when three men barged into the house and robbed cash and jewellery.

“The probe revealed that Sana intentionally came close to the victim and gathered information. She informed her accomplices on the day of the robbery,” said DCP (South) Ishwar Singh. She had also bolted the main door of the neighbour’s house from outside.

A team of Safdarjung Enclave police station has now arrested Sana, a resident of Sangam Vihar, and 22-year-old Aman of Madangir. A juvenile has also been apprehended.

Jyoti had made a PCR call at 12.30 am on May 6.  She reported that two gold chains, a gold ring, ATM cards, Rs 15,000 cash and two mobile phones were robbed at knife-point.

During investigation, police questioned Jyoti, Sana and Pooja.  “The testimony of Sana was not found consistent. Her activities prior to the incident were checked which raised suspicion,” Singh added.

The CCTV footage of the area was checked which revealed Sana in close proximity of three men. Jyoti identified those men as the intruders.

Drug addict
Police sources also identified Sana as a drug addict. Raids were then conducted to nab Sana and her accomplices, but they were found absconding.

“Sensing the police pressure, Sana discreetly contacted the victim and offered to return the robbed articles. Sana had requested Jyoti to take back her case,” Singh said. Jyoti informed police on which the investigating team advised her to strike a deal. On Wednesday, a trap was laid in Ambedkar Nagar.

At 9 pm, two youngsters were nabbed when they approached Jyoti. They were identified as Aman and a juvenile. Two robbed mobile phones and Rs 11,500 cash were recovered from their possession.

During interrogation, they disclosed to have committed the robbery along with Yogesh, on conspiracy hatched by Sana.

At their instance, Sana was also arrested from Hauz Rani village. A robbed gold chain was recovered from her possession.

Aman has criminal history. He is involved in three cases filed with Model Town, Safdarjung Enclave and Neb Sarai police stations.