Two men held in Delhi for robbing people using monkeys

Two men were arrested for allegedly using monkeys to threaten and rob people in south Delhis Malviya Nagar area police said on FridayThe accused duo Balwan Nath 26 and Vikram Nath 23 were waiting near Chirag Delhi bus stand with their two monkeys when the police team nabbed them on Thursday they saidThe police said the two monkeys have been deposited with Wildlife SOS centreThe accused who are residents of Okhla Mor in the city along with their third associate Ajay used monkeys to threaten people and rob them of their valuables police said adding efforts are being taken to catch hold of Ajay who is still abscondingDelhi Two men arrested for robbing people by using two monkeys The monkeys have been handed over to the Wildlife SOS centre Police had received a complaint on 2nd March that the two had released the monkeys on a man and robbed him of Rs 6000 One more accused is absconding pictwittercomzPrJlehuZmmdash ANI ANI April 9 2021The accused men had caught the monkeys from Tughlakabad Fort jungle around three months agoThe matter came to light on March 2 when an advocate from Khirki Extension reported that three men carrying monkeys surrounded them and forcefully robbed Rs 6000 from him according to policeWhen the lawyer was sitting in an autorickshaw the duo made the monkeys sit inside the vehicle with one in the front and the other at the back seat and demanded money from him When the advocate took out the wallet the duo robbed him and escapedDeputy Commissioner of Police South Atul Kumar Thakur said A case was registered under Indian Penal Code Sections 392 punishment for robberyand 34 acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention at Malviya Nagar police station and since it was a peculiar incident involving monkeys a dedicated team was constituted to nab the culpritsFurther relevant provisions of the Wildlife Protection Act 1972 were added against the accused in the case he saidThe team scanned through several CCTV footages and conducted raids in and around Delhi based on inputs from sources and informers the officer saidOn Thursday our team got a tipoff that two men with monkeys were present at Chirag Delhi bus stand who had committed the robbery earlier and could commit further thefts We acted upon the information and apprehended them along with the two monkeys the officer saidDuring interrogation the duo confessed to their involvement in the incident along with their associate Ajay who is absconding he saidThe arrested accused are being further interrogated for their other involvements if any police 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