Man attacked for refusing money to buy movie ticket, 1 arrested
◗ Accused Syed Jiyauddin, a resident of Chandni Mahal, was previously involved in 27 cases. He used to rob people by threatening or attacking them with multi-utility knife, police said.
A 40-year-old man was arrested for attacking another person with a knife allegedly when the victim resisted to buy him a movie ticket and later fled after robbing his cash and valuables, police said on Tuesday.
Accused Syed Jiyauddin, a resident of Chandni Mahal, was previously involved in 27 cases. He used to rob people by threatening or attacking them with multi-utility knife, they said.
Police said that being a fan of Hindi films, the accused wanted to watch a movie show at a cinema hall here but having no money, he approached the victim with a knife to arrange a ticket for him.
According to police, the incident took place on November 28 with Ajay who had come to watch a movie at a cinema hall.
At about 7:15 pm, while he was standing outside the cinema hall, accused came near him and asked him to get a ticket of the movie show “Antim”.
When the victim resisted, the accused attacked him with a knife over his buttocks and robbed his purse containing `1,790 along with essential IDs.
The injured man was sent to a nearby hospital for treatment and on enquiry and based on his complaint, a case was registered in Central Delhi’s Daryaganj, said Shweta Chauhan, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central).
The accused was arrested the same day by a patrolling team on duty near the cinema hall and spotted the injured man and the another man raising an alarm, she said. The weapon of offence used in commission of crime was recovered along with the victim’s purse, she added.
During interrogation, Jiyauddin disclosed that he had recently been released from Tihar Jail after serving five years in jail in 2016 robbery of case.
He is addicted to smack and had no money, so he arranged a multi-utility knife to rob people,” the DCP said.