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Three arrested in robbery case

NEW DELHI: Three young men who allegedly robbed a jeweller of ornaments worth thousands at Sarita Vihar here on March 14 have been arrested following an encounter with the Special Staff of the South Delhi police. Two country-made firearms and a stolen canter were recovered from their possession.

The incident took place when Puneet Verma was on his way home after closing his shop at Shaheen Bagh. Four young men overpowered him and snatched from him the key of his shop. One of the assailants kept Puneet confined while the others collected the ornaments, following which the culprits vanished with the booty.

A team led by Inspector Rajender Singh zeroed in on the suspects and acting on a tip-off that some of them would come to the Capital on Sunday in a canter laid a trap. The police intercepted the vehicle at which the occupants opened fire. Nevertheless, the police overpowered the three accused. They were identified as Hassu, Shamshad and Dilshad.

Man shot at by former tenant

NEW DELHI: A young man allegedly shot at and injured his former landlord at Uttam Nagar here on Friday. The accused is absconding.

The incident took place around 11 p.m. when Sonu Mishra allegedly opened fire at Mahender Jain. According to the police, Mahender sustained a bullet injury in the leg and is out of danger. Investigations revealed that earlier Mahender had rented out a portion of his house to Sonu, but the latter shifted to another house following a dispute.

A case of attempt-to-murder has been registered at the Uttam Nagar police station and a hunt launched for Sonu.

Bootleggers held

NEW DELHI: Three persons including a woman have been arrested in different parts of the Capital for allegedly indulging in bootlegging.

Pyare Lal (58) was arrested at Mansarovar Park after 15 cartons carrying liquor meant for sale only in Haryana were allegedly recovered from his residence. Pyare is a registered bad character of the area police station and is involved in about 55 cases under the Excise Act. In another case, Raju (30) was arrested at Subji Mandi here when he was allegedly carrying five litres of illicit liquor. Parwati (31) was arrested allegedly with 14 bottles of illicit liquor at Timarpur.

Six booked for burglaries

NEW DELHI: Six young men allegedly involved in cases of burglary were arrested at Gokalpuri here on Friday. The police claimed to have recovered a country-made firearm from their possession.

The accused have been identified as Shahjad, Naushad, Satender, Gaurav, Vijay and Rehan. During interrogation, the purportedly confessed to their involvement in five cases of burglaries.

At their instance, the police claim to have recovered several stolen articles including two televisions, a scooter, two silver necklaces, 400 gm of silver and a gas cylinder.

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