Man held for highway robbery of 4.5 crore in Delhi

New Delhi: A 32-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly robbing Rs 4.5 crore on a highway in Haryana, police said Wednesday.  

The accused has been identified as Salman, resident of Wazirabad.  A sophisticated 7.65 mm pistol with four live rounds and Rs 1.3 crore was also recovered from his possession on Tuesday, they said. 

Salman is the nephew of the deceased gangster Khalil Ahmed, an aide of Dawood Ibrahim, police said. 

The robbery took place on Sunday last at around 8:30 pm in Dharuhera, Haryana.  

Karan Patel, resident of Gujarat, along with Gajendra Rathore (cashier) taken Rs 4.5 crore from Chandni Chowk and were on their way to Ahmedabad in their car. 

At around 8:30 pm, their car was intercepted by three other cars. 

According to them, a dozen assailants came out of cars and threatened them with a rifle and bundled them up in one of their cars. 

Thereafter, Karan and Gajendra were dumped near Rajasthan border. The police identified the main suspect as Salman of Wazirabad. 

During interrogation, Salman disclosed that he got the information of a party from Gujarat who would be carrying a huge amount of cash from Chandni Chowk. 

The gang followed the victims. They intercepted their car in Dharuhera area at around 8.30 pm. 

They dumped the victims near Rajasthan border and abandoned their car in Rewari, Haryana, said Ajit Singla, Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime).