Former commissioner robbed in Civil Lines

NEW DELHI: Valuables and documents were stolen from the car of former Delhi Police Commissioner Brijesh Kumar Gupta in north Delhi’s Civil Lines, police said on Monday .

Sources claimed that no arrests have been made so far in the case, but cops have rounded several known criminals in the district and are questioning them.

The incident occurred on Saturday, with thieves fleeing with an ipad, Rs 10,000 cash and some important docu- ments belonging to Gupta.

It is suspected that the ‘Thak Thak’ gang may be involved in the case.

“We are probing the case from all angles and it could be the work of a gang or a single thief, who found the car unattended and committed the crime,” said a police officer.

Jatin Narwal, Deputy Commissioner of Police (North), said that a case has been registered on the basis of the complaint filed by Gupta’s driver.

Police further said that the incident happened on Saturday morning, when the former commissioner was traveling to Chandigarh in his car.

The car then made a halt near Majnu Ka Tila Gurudwara, after which Gupta and his driver transferred some valuables to another car and left the other car unlocked and unattended.

Soon, they realised that valuables were missing from the main car and subsequently the police were informed.

The Special Staff team of Delhi Police is also trying to find out some clues from the CCTV cameras installed in nearby localities.

Police are questioning local criminals and members of gangs active in the area.

Gupta is a 1975-batch Indian Police Services officer, who was appointed as Commissioner of Delhi Police in 2010.

He retired in 2012 from service, after almost two years in service.

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Police sources said that several complaints were filed at different police stations in Delhi, including the Crime Branch.

They told Millennium Post that in most of these complaints, fraudsters first built a fake website and duped people by promising them good returns if they buy Bitcoin.

“One complainant claimed that they got good returns from the fraudsters in their account. They thought that it was a good investment and the complainant told their relatives and friends about the scheme, who also invested in Bitcoin,” said a police source.

Sources further said that after a few months, when the accused received a heavy amount of money, they stopped sending the returns.

“They made a fake website in which they created an identity of the investors to gain their trust. Whenever the complainant opened the website, he wanted to know the rate of Bitcoin in the market. When they stopped getting their returns, they started checking their website and it was not opening because it was fake,” said the source.

According to a senior police officer, to sell the Bitcoin, the accused had created a fake multi-level company, which did not have an office.

They also hired people who had working background with mutual investment companies, so that they can sell the Bitcoin to other customers.

“The staff of the fraud company started to sell BitCoin through word-of-mouth marketing. Investigation has started in the case,” said the officer.

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Police said the accused were identified as Deepak Pal alias Amar, Mohd Nuruallah alias Akabar and Venu Gopal alias Anthony.

During sustained interrogation, the members disclosed that they committed several robberies, snatching and auto thefts and would rob passengers in their auto-rickshaw.

Deepak would drive the auto, while others would sit in the back posing as passengers.

They targeted passengers who seemed to be less familiar to Delhi and operated at night, between 10 pm and 6 am.

Police said they used to ask for a very low fare, so as to entice passengers, who would later be robbed after being driven to secluded places usually beneath flyovers where traffic movement would be minimal.