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On June 23, around 2.50pm, a PCR call alerted Shaheen Bagh police station of a robbery. Sonu Kumar (24), who worked as a delivery boy for a popular e-commerce platform, told police he had been robbed at gunpoint by two men who forced him to hand over Rs 22,000 that he had received in cash after delivering different parcels during the day.
During investigation, police identified the registration number of the vehicle used in the robbery and reached one Jai Kumar (26), a resident of Karera Village in Mohan Nagar in Ghaziabad.
There was a twist to the case, though. On checking Jai’s personal details, police were shocked to find that Sonu and Jai shared the same father and address. It was ultimately revealed that they were, in fact, brothers, and had staged the robbery along with a cousin, Vikas Kumar (19).
Police said that Sonu revealed during questioning that he had taken Rs 50,000 from a friend and needed money to repay the loan.
Police have arrested the trio and recovered the stolen money, along with a toy gun used in the crime. “Jai and Vikas came to the spot on a motorcycle and robbed Rs 22,000 cash from him. The remaining Rs 55,000 was transferred by Sonu to another person to repay his debt,” said Rajesh Deo, DCP, South East Delhi.
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