Four held for Hari Nagar dacoity

Under interrogation, Dinesh Gautam initially told the police that he did not know the others involved in the dacoity. But he finally broke down and confessed that seven other people were involved in planning the robbery.

According to the police, one of those arrested, Jahabuddin, used to work as a carpenter in the house. He was the one who reportedly informed the conspirators about the household. He reportedly told them to commit the crime on any day except on Sunday and Monday when the male members of the family were at home.

It was only 24 hours after he was nabbed that Dinesh finally told the police the names of his associates, who in the meantime had fled to hideouts in Delhi, UP and Haryana.

Two of the accused — Sabir and Harish were nabbed on August 9 on the Kalindi Kunj road. Two country-made pistols and seven live cartridges were recovered from their possession. Following their interrogation, Jahabuddin and Suresh were also nabbed.

They also reportedly told the police that they had committed a robbery in Vivek Vihar on July 2 where they had looted Rs 63,000 and jewellery form the shop of Ramesh Bansal.

Later, following information provided by South district police, East district police nabbed two others – Raj Kumar and Amarpal for the Vivek Vihar robbery.