Two more, including former employee, arrested in Delhi CNG pump owner robbery case; Rs 6.75 lakh recovered
According to investigators, after robbing Karan Chopra at his farmhouse, the robbers allegedly took him to his office in Gurgaon to steal more cash. They fled with Rs 30 lakh cash and some jewellery, officers said.
The accused arrested on Monday include the key conspirator Adhesh Kumar, 38, a former driver of the businessman; and Amit Kumar, 28, the police said, adding that Rs 50,000 and a Hyundai Aura used to ferry the accused to the farmhouse was recovered from Adhesh.
In the first batch of arrests, four people were arrested on Wednesday night and Thursday morning, including Chopra's current drivers Satendar Singh, 35, and Anil, 54, as well as one Santosh Tripathi, 40, and Shammi, 49. They were arrested from different parts of Delhi, investigators said.
The police said Adhesh tipped off Satendar and Anil about the location of the cash.
According to the police, on the night of June 23, Karan Chopra – who has multiple CNG filling stations across the National Capital Region – was at his farmhouse in South West Delhi's Ghitorni when a man knocked on his door posing as a delivery boy. As soon as he opened the gate, four men shoved him aside and barged in, claiming that they had guns. They then robbed the house of jewellery and cash, before taking Chopra hostage and driving him to MG Road in Gurgaon.
'They told him to stay calm, and let them leave with the cash,' a police officer said earlier, adding, 'They took whatever cash and jewellery was at the house and then took Chopra to his office at MG Road in Gurgaon in his car to take more cash.'
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