New Delhi, March 21 A 48-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly staging a fake police arrest of two brothers in west Delhi, who were kidnapped and robbed of Rs 40 lakh in cash and other valuables, police said on Saturday.
The arrested man, identified as Harish Sharma alias Rinku, was known to the victims, who were involved in the jewellery business. He had prior business dealings with the brothers and had taken jewellery from them for sale the day before the incident, they said.
According to police, the incident took place on March 19, when the brothers – Sagar Sharma and Manik – went to Rajouri Garden to collect payment for jewellery from someone.
After the meeting, two people posing as police officers forcibly entered their vehicle, threatened them at gunpoint, and abducted them.
"The brothers were assaulted, wrongfully confined, and taken towards the GT Karnal Road side. They were robbed of Rs 40 lakh in cash, mobile phones, an Apple Watch, jewellery, and their vehicle," a police officer said, adding that the victims were later abandoned near Shahabad in Haryana.
During the investigation, it was found that the crime was pre-planned.
"A day before the incident, Harish Sharma had taken jewellery from the victims, claiming he wanted to sell it. To deceive them and keep the valuables, he conspired with his associates to stage a fake police action," the officer said.
He said Sharma confessed to the involvement of his associate, Chetan alias Gurpreet Singh Randhawa, and others, who have been identified and are being traced.
Efforts are underway to recover the stolen cash, jewellery, vehicle, and other valuables, he added.