Home guard arrested for looting

According to the report filed by Navpreet,a student in Noida,Lokesh along with his accomplice Manoj had approached him and his two friends while they were in seated in their car. Saying that he is a policeman,Lokesh snatched away Navpreet’s mobile phone. He then took the students in their car to Brahmputra Complex in Sector-29. “He made me withdrew Rs 5,000 from an ATM and took it away. The incident happened on February 21,” the complainant said. The police said the victims approached the Sector-49 police station to lodge a report,but no one listened to their plea.

According to sources,there are more policemen who worked in collusion with these home guards and are yet to be identified.

“Three days ago,Navpreet again lodged a report alleging that he was looted by policemen. We searched our database to check who was posted in that (said) area. We zeroed in on these two home guards and photographs were shown to the complainant who recognised them,” said Ashok Tripathi,SP (city),Noida.

According to the police,Lokesh and Manoj were accustomed to a luxurious lifestyle. They have been posted at some major police posts and had learnt the schedule and workings of the police. “They used to extort and loot money from people,” said Tripathi.

The police also learnt from Lokesh that few other policemen were also involved in such loots. “We will investigate the matter and action will be taken if there is such a case,” said SP (City).

Navpreet’s mobile phone,along with a gold ring and debit and credit cards,was also recovered from Lokesh.