New Delhi: Eight men, including a data analyst, were arrested for allegedly abducting and robbing an insurance agent in east Delhi’s Laxmi Nagar after impersonating police officers. Four men forcibly entered the victim’s office, confiscated his devices, then abducted, assaulted, and extorted Rs 1.5 lakh from him, threatening to implicate him in a fabricated insurance fraud case.The incident occurred on June 26, when the accused, posing as officers from the Delhi Police’s Special Staff Unit, stormed into an insurance policy office in Laxmi Nagar. “The complainant, Salman (31), who owns the office, told investigating police officers that the men seized his phone and laptop, forced him into a car, physically assaulted him, and extorted Rs 1.5 lakh. Of this amount, Rs 70,000 was transferred under duress to a bank account to avoid false charges, said DCP (east) Abhishek Dhania.Police reviewed CCTV footage and identified the suspects. Using technical surveillance, five men were arrested on the night of June 28 while traveling in the same car used during the crime, intercepted on Noida Link Road. Three additional suspects were arrested from various locations in Delhi shortly afterward.Recovered items include a second vehicle, the complainant’s laptop, three stolen mobile phones, Rs 10,000 in cash, and Rs 45,000 frozen in the suspects’ bank account.“Interrogation revealed that Hunny Kumar (31), one of the accused and a former employee at the insurance office, harboured a personal grudge and provided insider information to Sunny Sharma (28), who planned the robbery. Sunny was previously arrested in a cyber fraud case in Ghaziabad,” said the senior police officer.“Another accused, Ankit Jain (32), has two prior criminal cases. The other suspects—Vikram Singh (35), Rahul Gupta (27), Rahul Yadav alias Badam (27), Anil Kant (33), and Jeetpal (42)—have no prior criminal records and come from diverse professions—gym trainer, bakery supervisor, property dealer, data analyst, and telecom worker,” added DCP Dhania.New Delhi: Eight men, including a data analyst, were arrested for allegedly abducting and robbing an insurance agent in east Delhi’s Laxmi Nagar after impersonating police officers. Four men forcibly entered the victim’s office, confiscated his devices, then abducted, assaulted, and extorted Rs 1.5 lakh from him, threatening to implicate him in a fabricated insurance fraud case.The incident occurred on June 26, when the accused, posing as officers from the Delhi Police’s Special Staff Unit, stormed into an insurance policy office in Laxmi Nagar. “The complainant, Salman (31), who owns the office, told investigating police officers that the men seized his phone and laptop, forced him into a car, physically assaulted him, and extorted Rs 1.5 lakh. Of this amount, Rs 70,000 was transferred under duress to a bank account to avoid false charges, said DCP (east) Abhishek Dhania.Police reviewed CCTV footage and identified the suspects. Using technical surveillance, five men were arrested on the night of June 28 while traveling in the same car used during the crime, intercepted on Noida Link Road. Three additional suspects were arrested from various locations in Delhi shortly afterward.Recovered items include a second vehicle, the complainant’s laptop, three stolen mobile phones, Rs 10,000 in cash, and Rs 45,000 frozen in the suspects’ bank account.“Interrogation revealed that Hunny Kumar (31), one of the accused and a former employee at the insurance office, harboured a personal grudge and provided insider information to Sunny Sharma (28), who planned the robbery. Sunny was previously arrested in a cyber fraud case in Ghaziabad,” said the senior police officer.“Another accused, Ankit Jain (32), has two prior criminal cases. The other suspects—Vikram Singh (35), Rahul Gupta (27), Rahul Yadav alias Badam (27), Anil Kant (33), and Jeetpal (42)—have no prior criminal records and come from diverse professions—gym trainer, bakery supervisor, property dealer, data analyst, and telecom worker,” added DCP Dhania.
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