Four held,cops say dacoity bid foiled

“As the duo looked suspicious,the cops asked them to come to the police station. When the cops were taking them to the station on their motorcycles,they found a country-made pistol strapped to the belt of one of the assailants. Before the accused could take the pistol out and fire,the policemen stopped the bike and overpowered him,” a senior police officer said.

A PCR call was then made by the cops asking for more force and the duo was taken to the police station for interrogation.

During interrogation,they revealed that they were planning a dacoity in Sukhdev Vihar area on the same night and were waiting for their associates.

“On the tip-offs provided by the duo,their two other associates were arrested following raids in Faridabad,” the investigating officer added.

The four accused were later booked under relevant sections of dacoity at the New Friends Colony police station. A fifth associate named by the accused is,however,absconding.

Additional Commissioner of Police (Southeast) Virender Singh Chahal confirmed that the four men arrested were planning a dacoity in the New Friends Colony area.

The accused also had plans of abducting a businessman’s daughter in East of Kailash for ransom,the officer said.