Following sustained questioning, the accused confessed to staging the entire incident. He revealed that he had kept the money and his mobile phone in a room he rented in Khoda Colony in Ghaziabad for the alleged theft. A police team raided the room and recovered the cash, the black bag, and the mobile phone
During their investigation, the police scanned footage from more than 500 cameras to track the movements of the accused. Representational pic
The police in the national capital have exposed a staged robbery alleged to have taken place near Old Delhi Railway Station and recovered the entire cash stolen by a watch shop worker, news agency PTI reported, quoting an officer, on Monday.
During their investigation, the police scanned footage from more than 500 cameras to track the movements of the accused, the officer quoted above stated.
The missing cash of Rs 23.37 lakh was found with a worker at a watch shop in Lajpat Rai Market, who allegedly fabricated a robbery story to mislead the police and his owner.
On September 18, Sanjay Aggarwal, a resident of Rohini, asked the accused, Akash, to collect the money from his office in the Fatehpuri area of Katra Bariyan at Lahori Gate for delivery.
Hours later, Aggarwal called Akash to confirm the delivery. However, his found was switched off, following which Aggarwal called the police, PTI reported.
The next day, Akash made a call to the police and said that when he was on his way to deliver the money, he was knocked unconscious by some chemical smoke, the officer quoted above said.
Akash claimed that when he regained his conscious, he found himself on a footpath near Old Delhi Railway Station, with the cash and his mobile phone missing.
The police, however, found his tale unconvincing and set out to unravel the mystery of the missing cash.
They tracked footage from more than 500 CCTV cameras and found a series of them showing Akash walking with a black bag.
When the police questioned Akash about his movements, they were given another account.
"When confronted, Akash changed his story. He alleged that he had handed the bag over to a co-worker outside the railway station and then took an auto to Red Fort," said the officer.
CCTV footage showed Akash taking an auto but he never went to Red Fort. Instead, he headed towards Akshardham.
The co-worker he named was also tracked down.
Following sustained questioning, Akash confessed to staging the entire incident. He revealed that he had kept the money and his mobile phone in a room he rented in Khoda Colony in Ghaziabad for the alleged theft.
A police team raided the room and recovered the cash, the black bag, and the mobile phone.
A class 11 dropout, Akash had been working with Aggarwal for more than four years, but was not happy with his earnings, so he decided to rob the owner, the police said.
(With PTI inputs)
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