Delhi: Three held for robbery with toy gun

Three men allegedly robbed the owner of a medical store and his brotherinlaw of Rs 15 lakh and two gold chains by threatening them with a toy pistol in south Delhis Neb Sarai area police said on ThursdayThe gold chains and Rs 40200 of the robbed cash have been recovered from the accused Vasu 22 Md Sameer 21 and Ritik Arora 21 who were arrested on Wednesday according to policeThe accused watched several episodes of TV crime shows to learn tactics to give police the slip they saidArora the main accused had left his family and was living with his girlfriend at a rented flat He had formed a group and was also indulging in consumption of liquor and drugs a senior police officer saidAlso Read Thane Man held for killing his girlfriends stepmother for opposing their relationshipAccording to police the incident took place on the intervening night of July 78 when Nandan Kumar who runs a medical store on IGNOU Road was going home with his brotherinlaw on a motorcycle When they reached Sainik Farm area three bikeborne men overtook them and stopped them by pointing at them what looked like a pistolThe two were robbed of Rs 150 lakh cash two gold chains and a mobile phone police saidDeputy Commissioner of Police South Atul Kumar Thakur said technical surveillance was used and the complainant and the witness were examined The team probing the case also interrogated all the six workers of medical store he saidOur team identified the motorcycle used by the accused in the crime and found that they had left it at a spot and changed their clothes On the basis of human intelligence and technical surveillance traps were laid and the accused were apprehended from Dakshinpuri and Freedom Fighter colony areas the DCP saidDuring interrogation the accused disclosed that they were aware that the complainant carrying cash used to go home in late night hours on a deserted roadThey did recce and followed him for two nights before the incident They were in need of money to fulfill their desires and committed the crime after drawing inspiration from crime shows the officer saidThe toy pistol and motorcycle used in the crime have been recovered he saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever