Inspired by Bollywood movie ‘Special 26’, 7 pose as Mumbai cops to rob wellness centre in Delhi; arrested

Seven folks, together with two ladies, have been arrested from Delhi, Haryana and Madhya Pradesh for allegedly posing as Mumbai Police officers and robbing a wellness centre in Netaji Subash Place Complex in Delhi. The police stated that the accused have been impressed by Bollywood movie ‘Special 26’ and deliberate the crime.

According to the police, the incident happened on Wednesday afternoon when 4 folks, together with a girl, entered the wellness centre’s workplace after posing as Mumbai Police officers.

On the pretext of conducting a raid, which went on 5 hours, they robbed Rs 5-7 lakh, police stated. The sufferer was threatened at gunpoint and needed to name his spouse who then took out Rs 5 lakh that was collected by the feminine accused, the police.

Apart from money, the accused additionally fled with a laptop computer, 10 telephones and financial institution paperwork of the sufferer, police stated.

A case was registered and an investigation was began by the Delhi Police. The preliminary investigation revealed that the accused have been accompanied by a gaggle of individuals who stood guard exterior the workplace.

“They kept roaming outside at the time but didn’t enter. We started looking for them. Based on CCTV footage and local enquiry, one of them was identified and arrested,” stated the police.

The arrested accused was recognized as Prashant Kumar Patil. During interrogation, he accepted the crime. Police recovered a part of the robbed money, telephones and the laptop computer together with pretend Mumbai Police IDs.

Subsequently, two ladies accused, Jyoti and Neha Kashyap, have been additionally nabbed by the police from the Rohini space.

Two of the accused, Jahid Khan and Sanjay Manocha, have been arrested from Mewat whereas two others, Faisal and Imran, have been arrested from MP.

“Within 72 hours of the incident, 7 out of 8 accused individuals concerned within the theft have been nabbed by police groups of North-West District with big recoveries of robbed money and different articles from their possession.

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