According to Special Commissioner of Police (Crime) Ravinder Yadav, several incidents of copper theft from electric transformers of North Delhi Power Limited (NDPL) were reported in the police stations of Outer North and North District, Delhi.
The Crime Branch of Delhi police on Saturday arrested a sharpshooter of the Kapil Sangwan alias Nandu gang and recovered a USA-made pistol, officials said.
The Delhi Police Crime Branch arrested a fraud Chartered Accountant who had been evading arrest for the past 5 years and who also had a reward of Rs 50,000 on him, informed Delhi Police on Friday.
"Two sharpshooters of the Kala Jathedi-Naresh Sethi-Anil Chippi gang have been arrested by Crime Branch. Six pistols alongwith 14 live cartridges were recovered by Crime Branch," Delhi Police said.
The Crime Branch said that the tunnel was selected as the suitable location for the heist since the robbers felt that there would be no good samaritans stopping by to help the victim inside the tunnel.
A delivery agent and his associate were allegedly robbed of Rs 2 lakh at gunpoint by four unidentified men inside the Pragati Maidan tunnel on Saturday when the victims were going towards Gurugram in a cab to deliver the money.
The Cyber Cell of Crime Branch busted a gang and arrested two of its members for allegedly duping a person on the pretext of hotel booking, said the police on Thursday.
Delhi police crime branch is seeking gangster Sampat Nehra's remand in connection with a firing incident at the door of an apartment in southeast Delhi's Sidharth Nagar on April 23 this year, said a police source.
Delhi's Saket Court on Thursday granted 10 days of custody of Lawrence Bishnoi to the Delhi police crime branch in an extortion case. This matter pertains to extortion calls to an advocate in the South East Delhi area.