Dacoit held for robbing bizman of Rs 5 lakh

A dacoit who had robbed a business man off Rs five lakh was arrested from Dwarka on Monday.

The accused, identified as Tanuj Saini (22), was on the run for the past five months since the incident and was arrested near NSIT after information about his movements were received by a team of Crime Branch.

Saini, who had allegedly orchestrated the dacoity bid is the fourth person to be arrested as the police have already made three previous arrests since the incident. They have been identified as Sagar, Nepali and Sunil.

The police have claimed that he has confessed to his involvement as efforts are on to trace the remaining accused.

"Saini had been working at the victim's office in Mayapuri. He had kept a check on the business transactions of Jagdish Bansal, a scrap businessman and decided to rob him," said a police official privy to the investigation.

Saini then roped in other associates Golu Pahalwan, Pankaj Pahalwan, Sagar, Nepali, and Sunil. They also borrowed seven country made pistols from Uttar Pradesh.