New Delhi (The Hawk): The police announced on Monday that they had detained three members of the renowned "Zeher Khurani" gang, who were known for targeting and robbing people after giving them candy that had been combined with sleeping pills.
Three people have been named as suspects: Gourav alias Haddi, a resident of Dayalpur, Kamal Singh alias Langda, a resident of Usmanpur, and Pawan alias Tedha.
According to Sagar Singh Kalsi, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (North), on October 23, Chnagi Dutt Mishra, 43, approached the Gulabi Bagh police station while driving a rickshaw.
"He told police that he was carrying 23 ceiling fans and some copper wires on his rickshaw and was travelling to Najafgarh through Gulabi Bagh when he started to feel dizzy and lost consciousness," stated the DCP.
The police said, "A case under pertinent sections of the Indian Penal Code and inquiry was set up. The suspects took a rickshaw along with the ceiling fans."
The CCTV footage of the route was examined throughout the investigation, and on October 24, it was discovered that one man was pulling the complainant's rickshaw and two men were following him on a scooter.
"The owner of the scooter, known as Kamal, was seized during a raid and upon questioning, he confessed to the crime. On his instance, Pawan was also apprehended. Then, at Pawan's instance, Gourav was also arrested on November 2," he said.
"During questioning, the defendants admitted that they had targeted the complainant after seeing him driving a rickshaw with expensive cargo close to the Pul Bangash region," the prosecutor continued.
The police officer claimed, "They immediately bought a pack of ladoos (sweets) from the local sweet store and combined powder of sleeplessness tablets (N-10/Valium) in one of the ladoos preserved in the packet. They started distributing ladoos and even provided a ladoo with the tablet to the victim.
The DCP continued, "They then began to pursue the victim and when the rickshaw puller reached near Zakhira Underpass, Inderlok area, he felt dizzy, at which point Gaurav got out of the scooty, pretending to assist him. They then dropped the rickshaw near a shop and drove the rickshaw towards Roop Nagar side with his associates.
The DCP added that Raju, a resident of Seelampur, was absconding. "The accused men further stated that they sold the stolen goods to Raju, a resident of Seelampur, for Rs 45,000 and used the funds for their fun and frolic during Deepawali," the DCP said.
(Inputs from Agencies)
