22-yr-old who ran ‘robbery school’ in Delhi nabbed: Cops

NEWDELHI: A 22-year-old man who ran a “robbery training school” from his house in outer Delhi’s Bawana was arrested after an encounter, police said on Sunday.

The police said the suspect, Manish, started the “school” in his house in the area’s JJ Colony after getting bail from prison in a snatching case earlier this year.

“He has 17 known snatching cases registered against him. After his release from jail in February, he decided he would not be directly involved in robberies and would instead make money by training young snatchers and robbers, and from taking a cut on their earnings,” said Gaurav Sharma, deputy commissioner of police (outer-north).

“He would bring youngsters to his house in Bawana’s JJ Colony and train them to identity targets and snatch from them without getting caught. ,” Sharma said.

“In the early hours of Friday, on the basis of a tip-off, we set up a trap in Bawana. When Manish and his two associates driving a van were signalled to stop, they tried to get away,” he said. Once intercepted, Manish allegedly fired at the police team, who fired back in response. No one was hurt in the brief exchange.