Driver among four held for highway robbery

NEW DELHI: Personnel from Kirti Nagar police station in West District have busted a gang of highway robbers active in the Delhi-NCR and recovered a loaded truck stashed with copper worth Rs 70 lakh. They also arrested four highway robbers identified as Ram Raj, Manoj, Vishal and Ajay.

The incident came to light on May 11 when a Rajasthan proprietor directed his driver Ram Raj to deliver copper loaded in a truck to Zakhira in Delhi.

Accordingly, Ram Raj left for Delhi. On May 12, at about 7:30 am, driver Ram Raj informed him that the truck was robbed on knifepoint by four armed robbers at Kirti Nagar after hitting him in the head.

He alleged that the robbers administered some substance on his face and he became unconscious. He later found himself in the forests of Narela. A PCR call was made which was first recorded at the Narela police station and later transferred to Kirti Nagar.

Later, the driver confessed to his involvement in the crime and revealed that he was part of the conspiracy hatched by the criminals to give the incident an impression of highway robbery. They even inflicted injuries in the head of the driver to give it a real look. The police investigation used a multi-dimensional scientific and psychological approach to demolish the defence of the accused.

A plan to apprehend other criminals was worked out and all the three co-accused who are dreaded highway robbers were caught from Sonipat. At the instance of the accused, precious copper metal worth Rs 80 lakh was recovered.