Four held for robbing Rs 70 lakh cash from firm employees in Delhi; Rs 53.4 lakh recovered

Four people have been arrested for allegedly robbing two employees of a company of Rs 70 lakh in Inderpuri area of west Delhi last month, police said on Wednesday.

An employee of the company is among those arrested, they said, adding that he allegedly leaked information about the movement of cash and planned a robbery with his associates.

The incident took place on March 31 near Krishi Kunj around 3.30 pm, when three assailants on a motorcycle intercepted the two employees of a firm and decamped with Rs 70 lakh cash, an official said.

Following the incident, a case was registered at the Inderpuri police station on April 1 under relevant sections of the BNS, and an investigation was taken up.

During the probe, police found that one of the employees of the firm, identified as Vikash (22), had allegedly leaked information about the movement of the cash and conspired with his associates — Mohd Kaif (25), Rishi Yadav (22) and Sourabh alias Bacha (23) — to execute the robbery.

“The accused had absconded after the incident along with the robbed amount,” a senior police officer said.

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After conducting sustained surveillance and multiple raids across Delhi and adjoining areas of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, the police arrested all four accused persons, he said.

Subsequently, the police recovered Rs 53.40 lakh of the robbed cash and the motorcycle used in the commission of the crime.

The police said two of the accused have previous criminal involvement.

Rishi Yadav is linked to a case registered at Ranhola police station under various sections of the BNS and the POCSO Act, while Sourabh has been previously booked under IPC provisions and the Arms Act.