GZB POLICE CRACK FACTORY ROBBERY CASE, ARREST FIVE

Police on Saturday arrested five suspects who allegedly robbed a metal forging unit in GT Road industrial area in the early hours of Friday and escaped with raw materials worth around ₹45 lakh.

The five suspects have been identified as Rohit, Arun, Mukesh, Ankit and Mohammad Israel, police said, adding that they recovered a part of the stolen raw materials.

“Rohit was employed in the unit for the past one week. He tipped his gang members about the presence of raw materials,” said Anshu Jain, Ghaziabad circle officer (city 1).

As per their plan, a few members of the gang barged into the factory around 3am on Friday and held hostage two employees who were on duty. They tied them up at gunpoint and called the other gang members, who arrived with a pick-up van.

According to factory owner Anup Gupta, the robbers fled with at least 113 bags of copper and 31 bars of lead.

They were arrested from Hindon barrage area under Vijay Nagar police station limits.