Delhi police has claimed to have solved the cash van heist of Rs 51 lakh, in which the driver had fled with the money after drugging three employees in Mahindra Park area of north-west Delhi. The police has arrested the wife of the accused, who was also involved in the heist, and recovered Rs 41 lakh.
‘Geeta, 30, wife of the van driver Ompal Singh, was arrested on Monday from Durga Puri, east Delhi, and looted booty was recovered from her possession,’ said P Karunakaran, deputy commissioner of police (north-west).
Ompal, along with Geeta, hatched the plan to rob the cash van and she helped Ompal in hiding the money, said the official.
On 28 September, Ompal offered sweets laced with sedatives to two employees-Hemant and Yogesh-and one gunman Brijesh, of Logi Solution Pvt Ltd company, while they were going to load cash in various ATM machines in Delhi.
All three victims approached the police the next day. Ompal went absconding with Rs 51 lakh.
During initial investigation, it was found that Logi Cash had outsourced the Maruti Eeco van for ferrying cash, and the driver from the firm’s office, to various ATMs in Delhi.
In was found that Ompal had provided two addresses-village Gopal Nagar, Najafgarh and B-block in Nand Nagri. But when the team reached there, it was learnt that the suspect had left his Najafgarh residence around two months ago and the rented accommodation at Nand Nagri a week earlier.
On further enquiry, the team came to know that his wife had an account in Muthoot Finance Company (Gold Loan) of Durga Puri in Delhi. On specific information that she would visit the company, police laid a trap and apprehended Geeta.
During sustained interrogation, she disclosed that her husband Ompal alias Suraj alias Amit was a history sheeter of the area and was involved in such crimes for the last seven to eight years.
He was previously involved in various cases of robbery, theft and snatching in Delhi and NCR area, she told the police.
Both the husband and wife kept changing their addresses to evade surveillance. They stayed in various parts of Delhi,
including Rajiv Nagar, Gopal Nagar, Najafgarh and Nand Nagri, before moving in Narela area.
Ompal Singh knew driving and managed to get a job as a driver in Logi Cash Solution Pvt Ltd, located at Jhandewalan. It is a private firm that replenishes cash from banks to various ATMs in Delhi.
Geeta further said her husband had already left for an unknown place after entrusting the cash to her, which was recovered at her instance. Police has launched a hunt to nab Ompal, said the official.
‘Geeta, 30, wife of the van driver Ompal Singh, was arrested on Monday from Durga Puri, east Delhi, and looted booty was recovered from her possession,’ said P Karunakaran, deputy commissioner of police (north-west).
Ompal, along with Geeta, hatched the plan to rob the cash van and she helped Ompal in hiding the money, said the official.
On 28 September, Ompal offered sweets laced with sedatives to two employees-Hemant and Yogesh-and one gunman Brijesh, of Logi Solution Pvt Ltd company, while they were going to load cash in various ATM machines in Delhi.
All three victims approached the police the next day. Ompal went absconding with Rs 51 lakh.
During initial investigation, it was found that Logi Cash had outsourced the Maruti Eeco van for ferrying cash, and the driver from the firm’s office, to various ATMs in Delhi.
In was found that Ompal had provided two addresses-village Gopal Nagar, Najafgarh and B-block in Nand Nagri. But when the team reached there, it was learnt that the suspect had left his Najafgarh residence around two months ago and the rented accommodation at Nand Nagri a week earlier.
On further enquiry, the team came to know that his wife had an account in Muthoot Finance Company (Gold Loan) of Durga Puri in Delhi. On specific information that she would visit the company, police laid a trap and apprehended Geeta.
During sustained interrogation, she disclosed that her husband Ompal alias Suraj alias Amit was a history sheeter of the area and was involved in such crimes for the last seven to eight years.
He was previously involved in various cases of robbery, theft and snatching in Delhi and NCR area, she told the police.
Both the husband and wife kept changing their addresses to evade surveillance. They stayed in various parts of Delhi,
including Rajiv Nagar, Gopal Nagar, Najafgarh and Nand Nagri, before moving in Narela area.
Ompal Singh knew driving and managed to get a job as a driver in Logi Cash Solution Pvt Ltd, located at Jhandewalan. It is a private firm that replenishes cash from banks to various ATMs in Delhi.
Geeta further said her husband had already left for an unknown place after entrusting the cash to her, which was recovered at her instance. Police has launched a hunt to nab Ompal, said the official.