Man held for fake police arrest, kidnap of jeweller brothers in west Delhi

A 48-year-old man was held for allegedly staging a fake police arrest of two brothers in west Delhi, who were kidnapped and robbed of Rs 40 lakh cash and other valuables, police said on Saturday.

The arrested accused, identified as Harish Sharma alias Rinku, was known to the victims who were in the jewellery business. He had prior business dealings with the brothers and had taken jewellery from them for sale a day before the incident, they said.

According to police, the incident took place on March 19, when the brothers — Sagar Sharma and Manik — went near Rajouri Garden to collect payment for jewellery from someone.

After the meeting, two people posing as police officers forcibly entered their vehicle, threatened them at gunpoint and abducted them.

“The brothers were assaulted, wrongfully confined and taken towards the GT Karnal Road side. They were robbed of Rs 40 lakh in cash, mobile phones, an Apple Watch, jewellery and their vehicle,” a police officer said, adding that the victims were later abandoned near Shahabad in Haryana.

During the probe, it was found that the crime was pre-planned.

“A day before the incident, Harish Sharma had taken jewellery from the victims on the pretext of sale. To cheat them and retain the valuables, he conspired with his associates to stage a fake police action,” the officer said.

He said Sharma confessed to the involvement of his associate Chetan alias Gurpreet Singh Randhawa and some others, who have been identified and are being traced.

Efforts are underway to recover the robbed cash, jewellery, vehicle and other valuables, he added.