A group of men, allegedly posing as Income-Tax officials, entered a house in Malviya Nagar on Sunday afternoon to carry out a robbery but their plan was foiled by the alert occupants and neighbours. Six men have been arrested in the incident.
Fake ID cards
According to a senior police officer, the team of fake I-T officers barged into the house in south Delhi on the pretext of carrying out a raid. “They managed to gain entry into the house flashing fake ID cards of the Income Tax department. The victims told us that the men then asked all the family members to surrender their mobile phones and move to one room,” said the officer.
The accused then allegedly proceeded to take out all the jewellery and cash. They also took out ₹20 lakh in cash from the safe and gathered all the valuables in one place. The men had also told the family that the raid was being conducted following a charge of tax evasion worth ₹20 crore by the family of Ramesh Chand Ahuja, a businessman.
Son not home
At the time of the “raid”, his wife Neelam, daughter Chanchal and his parents were also present in the house. His son Bobby had gone to buy some groceries at the time.
However, the victims found the men’s interactions suspicious. When they noticed that the men had come unarmed, they raised an alarm. Hearing their cries for help, a few neighbours broke into the house and started questioning the officers.
Accused beaten up
“The men, seeing the huge number of locals, broke down and admitted that they had gained fake entry to rob the family. On this, the locals beat the men up and handed them over to the police. All six have been arrested,” the police said. Two were drivers while four otthers posed as team members led by one Mitesh Kumar, who claimed he was an IRS official.
The others arrested are Naunhyal, Yogesh, Govind Sharma, Amit Agrawal and Parvinder.
