Man claims fake robbery to fund his marriage, arrested

New Delhi : To finance his marriage, a 22-year-old man along with his friend claimed a fake robbery and were arrested in outer Delhi's Narela, police said on Sunday. The accused, Gagandeep, was going to marry his girlfriend on July 20 and wanted money.

So, he along with his friend, Vivek Raghav (30) concocted a false story, they said. With their arrest, police said they have recovered Rs 10 lakh. According to police, Gagandeep, a regular watcher of 'Crime Patrol', a TV based crime series, took clues from the show about the techniques police use to trace the accused and made a plot to evade arrest.

He did not use his own phone to call his friend Vivek, instead used the phone of a passerby so that he can't be located by the police. Implementing his plan, Gagandeep, a resident of Swaroop Nagar, reported an incident of robbery of Rs 10 lakh at Narela Industrial Area on the intervening night of July 11-12, police said.

In his complaint, Gagandeep stated that he was employed with Ashish Garg at DSIIDC Industrial Area, Narela. He was sent to Karol Bagh by his employer to procure Rs 10 lakh. He claimed at about 07.15 pm, when he reached Holambi Kalan on his motorcycle, while coming back to DSIIDC, Narela, two bike-borne men overtook his motorcycle and forcibly snatched his cash bag and ran away, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Outer North), Gaurav Sharma said.

Investigation revealed that the Gagandeep had not dialled 100 to report the incident and his phone was found to be switched off on the way from Bedan Pura, at Ashok Vihar.