New Delhi:
Two contractors were left poorer by a few lakhs after four bike-borne assailants robbed them at gunpoint near Ramesh Park in east Delhi on Monday morning. The robbers however couldn't get their hands on the entire booty. They abandoned the car and a bagful of cash in Geeta Colony and fled from the place.
The incident came to light when an eyewitness, Shambhunath Gupta, saw four people getting off a WagonR car and run away while carefully clutching a bag. Shambhu, who runs a tea stall in east Delhi's Geeta Colony, said: "I saw four men parking a car and walking away in a hurry. I grew suspicious and gathered some passers-by to check what was going on. When we looked inside the parked vehicle, we saw a bag stuffed with cash. I have never seen so much cash in my life," he said.
It's the money, honeyThe locals made a PCR call after which the police arrived at the spot. Following initial investigations, cops took custody of the bag. The police said the bag contained around Rs 35 lakh, but sources said the bag contained more than Rs 5 crore. Later, the owner of the car also arrived at the spot.
Ravi and his business partner Rajesh, who are in the construction business, were heading towards Daryaganj from Laxmi Nagar when the incident happened. They were taking along the cash to pay somebody. The two claimed that there were two bags containing cash.
"Our car was intercepted near Ramesh Park by four armed youth who came riding in motorcycles.
They asked us to get off the car and drove with the two bags in it," said Ravi in a statement to the police. However, the duo claimed that they did not know how much money the other bag contained.
The police say it was a clear case of robbery. "The car has been recovered along with one bag containing cash of around thirty-five lakhs. The owners have no idea about exactly how much cash they were carrying," says DCP east Prabhakar. "We are investigating the matter. The other bag, which was estimated to contain around twenty lakhs in cash, is yet to be recovered," he said.