A 45-year-old man and a juvenile were apprehended for their alleged involvement in the burglary of ₹9.20 lakh from a scrap dealer’s godown in central Delhi, the police said on Wednesday.
Window broken
West Uttam Nagar resident Hargopal arrived at his Minto Road godown on Tuesday and noticed that a window was broken and a bag containing ₹10 lakh and some documents were missing from a cupboard, the police said.
The scrap dealer reported the matter to the police.
Preliminary probe revealed that rickshaw-puller Sabir had been missing since the burglary.
A police team and Mr. Hargopal immediately went to the rickshaw-puller’s village in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr but discovered that the accused had returned to Delhi.
Money recovered
The police received a tip-off regarding Mr. Sabir’s arrival at Kashmere Gate bus station.
The rickshaw-puller was nabbed, and a bag containing ₹9.20 lakh and Mr. Hargopal’s chequebook was recovered. A juvenile was apprehended along with him, the police said.
Mr. Sabir revealed during interrogation that he visited Mr. Hargopal’s godown regularly and was aware that a huge amount of cash was kept in the cupboard there, said Deputy Commissioner of Police (central) Mandeep Singh Randhawa.
The rickshaw-puller allegedly procured a key for the cupboard a few days before the burglary.
