26.10.2013

CRIME BRANCH

Ø  MOST WANTED ROBBER NAMELY IQBAL @ BABU ARRESTED

Ø  ACCUSED ESCAPED FROM POLICE CUSTODY OF PUNJAB POLICE IN 2007

Ø  SENSATIONAL ROBBERIES OF DELHI, GHAZIABAD & NOIDA COMMITED AT GUN POINT WORKED OUT

Ø  ONE SOPHISTICATED PISTOL OF .32 BORE WITH 4 LIVE CARTRIDGES RECOVERED

Ø  INVOLVED IN 20 CASES OF DACOITY, ROBBERY AND OTHERS

Ø  ACCUSED WAS WANTED AND MASTERMIND/KINGPIN IN SENSATIONAL ROBBERY OF 35 LACS OF PS PANDAV NAGAR IN APRIL 2013

Ø  ACCUSED WAS DECLARED PROCLAIMED OFFENDER IN SEVERAL CASES OF HENIOUS CRIME

Ø  CASH REWARD OF Rs. 50,000/- WAS DECLARED ON THE ARREST OF ACCUSED.

INTRODUCTION:-

A team of Anti Robbery Cell, Crime Branch has apprehended a desperate, notorious and most wanted robber namely Iqbal @ Babu s/o Ishaq Ali r/o Village Sumera, PS-Jawa, Distt. Aligarh, UP (age 40 yrs) and has worked out several sensational cases of robbery of North India. One sophisticated pistol of .32 bore and 4 live cartridges have been recovered from his possession.

INFORMATION AND TEAM

Accused is a desperate criminal and is previously involved in several heinous cases. He was arrested by a team of Crime Branch of Delhi Police in the year 2006 after a brief encounter and several cases of robberies of Delhi and Punjab were worked out. The accused managed to escape from the custody of Punjab Police in the year 2007, when he was brought to Delhi by Punjab Police for producing him in Delhi Court. In the month of April 2013, the name of accused Iqbal @ Babu again came to light when he along with his associates committed a day light sensational robbery of Rs.35 lacs from a businessman at gun point in the area of Pandav Nagar, Delhi. Keeping in mind the spate of robberies in South Delhi and Trans Yamuna areas, HC Rajeev Mohan was deputed to collect and develop information about Iqbal @ Babu and his gang members. He made sincere and pain staking efforts in collecting information about the accused. Finally, on 25.10.2013, efforts made in this regard produced fruitful results, when a specific information was received that accused Iqbal @ Babu would be coming near Murga Mandi, Ghazipur at about 8 PM to recce the area for committing robbery. A team led by Insp. K. P Singh and comprising of SIs P.C. Yadav, Ravinder Singh , HCs Yatender, Rajiv Mohan, Vikal Singh, Narender, Cts Ravi, Amar Pal, Javed, Ravinder, Bijender, Naresh & Nitya Nand was constituted under the supervision of ACP S S Gill and overall supervision of DCP Bhisham Singh to nab the robber.

OPERATION

On the basis of this information, a trap was laid near Murga Mandi, Ghazipur. At around 08:10 PM, accused Iqbal @ Babu came on one “Apache” Motor Cycle. Sensing the presence of police party, he tried to flee from the spot, but the police team acted in a professional manner and blocked the way of motor cycle. Accused left his motor cycle and started running. On being chased by the police team, the accused whipped out a sophisticated pistol and tried to load it, but HC Rajiv Mohan chased the accused and over powered him without caring for his life and snatched the pistol from the accused.

PROFILE:-

Accused Iqbal @ Babu was born in village Sumera of Distt. Aligarh, UP in the year 1973. His father was a farmer. He has three brothers and two sisters. He went to school in village Sumera, but soon fell in bad company and could not study after class 5th. He entered in the world of crime and started committing petty thefts and snatchings in nearby areas. In the year 2002, he was arrested while making preparation for committing dacoity at PS Banna Devi, Aligarh.

After his release on bail, he constituted a gang with his associates namely Umar @ Sikandar @ Rihan Gupta, Hardayal, Khurram @ Shuaib, Naved @ Chand & Sanjay @ Pandit and started committing robberies/dacoities and other criminal activities. In 2005, he was arrested by PS Civil Line, Aligarh and several cases of robberies/dacoities, committed by him and his gang members were solved.

After coming out on bail, he shifted to Delhi to the residence of his in-laws at Maujpur, Delhi and Loni, Ghaziabad, UP. He inducted new members in his gang namely Abdul Rehman @ Chairman r/o Budhana, Muzaffar Nagar, Kasim @ Mullah r/o Kandla, Kairana, Muzaffar Nagar & Abid @ Thekedar r/o Ludhiana, Punjab. Iqbal, along with his associates committed a spate of robberies from businessmen at Ludhina on the inputs received from Abid @ Thekedar at gun point. The gang committed robberies at gun points and also injured some of the victims while committing these crimes. In 2006, Iqbal and Khurram were arrested after a brief encounter by Crime Branch, Delhi. And several cases of robberies/dacoities etc. were solved.

CASES IN WHICH HE WAS WANTED:-

In December 2007, accused Iqbal escaped from the custody of Ludhiana Police from Kashmere Gate area, Delhi, while he was being taken to Delhi for producing him in Delhi court by Ludhiana Police. A case vide FIR No.571/07 u/s 223/224 IPC was registered at PS Kashmiri Gate, Delhi in this regard. Accused is still wanted in this case.

Thereafter, accused Iqbal raised a new gang including Umar @ Sikandar @ Rehan Gupta, Hardayal, Naved @ Chand, Mustaq, Bal Kishan all r/o U.P. & Asif r/o Nand Nagari, Delhi, and along with his gang members he started committing robberies in UP, Delhi & NCR. In 2011, Iqbal was arrested in case FIR No.891/10 u/s 392/471/506/120B IPC at PS Banna Devi, Aligarh, UP. Accused is such a cunning criminal that he never disclosed any involvement at that time, including the incident of his escaping from Police Custody.

In the same year, accused committed a robbery of Rs.1.25 lacs in Sahibabad UP, with the help of his associates namely Mustaq and Umar. A case vide FIR No.No. 844 dated 02.06.2010 u/s 392 PS Sahibabad, UP was registered in this regard. However, no one has been arrested in this case yet.

In the same year, accused committed a robbery of Rs.5 lacs in connivance with his associate Umar. A case vide FIR No. 144/ 10 dated 07.06.2010 u/s 356/379/34 IPC PS Khazoori Khas, Delhi has been found registered in this regard. However, no one has been arrested in this case so far.

In the year 2012, he along with his associate Mustaq committed a gun point robbery of Rs.15 lacs in Noida, UP. A case vide FIR No. 504/12 u/s 394/307/412/34 IPC was registered at PS Sec-39, Noida, UP in this regard and accused is wanted in this case.

In 2013, accused Iqbal @ Babu again robbed Rs.35 lacs from one businessman of Delhi in the area of PS Pandav Nagar, Delhi with the help of his associates. A case vide FIR No.176/13 u/s 392/397/411/34 IPC has been registered at PS Pandav Nagar, Delhi in this regard and the accused Iqbal @ Babu is wanted in this case.

After escaping from police custody, accused has never appeared in Court and he has been declared a “Proclaimed Offender” in several cases.

Accused has been arrested vide FIR No.179/13 u/s 25/27 Arms Act PS Crime Branch, Delhi and all concerned police stations have been informed accordingly.

(RAVINDRA YADAV)IPS

ADDL.COMMISSIONER OF POLICE:

CRIME:DELHI.

PRESS RELEASE

Dated: 26.10.13

TWO NOTORIOUS BURGLARS ARRESTED, STOLEN PROPERTY AND HOUSE BREAKING IMPLEMENT RECOVERED, SIX CASES WORKED OUT

MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS/RECOVERY

1.  House-breaking implement with surgical gloves.

2.  Two LCD TVs, One Projector (Make Sony worth Rs.2.5 lacs)

3.  Two American Dollars, 02 Pen drives and one internet modem

4.  Speaker, Measuring tape, Battery of laptop, torches and Rs.5500/-

5.  One car battery

With the arrest of two notorious burglars namely (1) Vikas @ Kanhiya, aged 22 years s/o Shambhunath R/o H. No.162, Gali No.02, Sehatpur, Faridabad Haryana and (2) Subhash, aged 21 years, S/o Lt. Ashok Kumar R/o Village Bharatpur, Post Office Soro, P.S. Soro, District Kasgnaj, Etah, U. P., six cases of burglary in South-East Distt. were worked out and stolen property worth Rs 3 lac along with house breaking implements and surgical gloves were also recovered at their instance.

TEAM

A team with SI Pravesh Kasana, SI Ajay Kumar, HC Ajeet, No.2901/SE, HC Harender, No.1931/SE, Ct. Mukesh, No.3810/SE, Ct. Anil, No.2130/SE and Ct. Ajay No. 3881/SE under the supervision of Insp. Maninder Singh, SHO/Sarita Vihar and under overall supervision of Sh Vipin Kumar Nayyar, ACP/Sarita Vihar

INCIDENT

On 19.10.2013 in the evening, two persons in suspicious condition were spotted in the market of Pkt-A, Sarita Vihar and one of them was carrying a black colour bag. Subsequently, both of them were checked by the police team during which an iron rod with its front part curved was recovered from the bag. The person carrying the bag was identified as Vikas @ Kanhaiya and the other person was identified as Subhash. Two surgical gloves were recovered from his possession. They were subjected to interrogation and they revealed that they are burglars and they used to commit burglary in the area. They also disclosed that the iron rod and surgical gloves recovered from them were being used by them for breaking open the door or window of the house and stealing articles respectively. Accordingly, both the above mentioned accused persons were arrested u/s 41.1(B) of Cr.P.C. and subjected to sustained interrogation.

INTERROGATION:

During interrogation, it was revealed that accused Vikas was previously involved in 15 cases and accused Subhash was previously involved in 2 cases. They disclosed that they were involved in several cases of burglary in the area of Sarita Vihar and Okhla. Based on their disclosure and pointing out of scene of crime, four cases of burglary from Sarita Vihar and two cases of Okhla Industrial Area were worked out and stolen property worth Rs 3 Lac (approx) were also recovered at their instance.

CASES WORKED OUT:

Sl No. / FIR NO., U/S / Police Station / Articles Stolen / Articles Recovered
01. / 228/13, 454/380 IPC / Sarita Vihar / 02 American Dollar and artificial jewelry / 02 American Dollars
02. / 238/13, 379 IPC / Sarita Vihar / Car Battery / Car Battery
03. / 367/13, 380 IPC / Sarita Vihar / 02 Pen Drives, 01 Internet Modem and Rs. 2200/- / 02 Pen Drives and 01 Internet Modem
04. / 373/13, 457/380 IPC / Sarita Vihar / Rs. 3000/- / Rs. 3000/-
05. / 522/13, 380 IPC / Okhla Industrial Area / SONY LCD TV, Speaker, Measuring Tape, Battery of a Laptop and Torches / All the articles were recovered.
06. / 531/13, 380 IPC / Okhla Industrial Area / One LCD TV (Philips) and One Projector (SONY) / LCD TV and Projector

PROFILE OF ACCUSED:-

1.  Vikas @ Kanhaiya, aged 22 years s/o Shambhunath R/o H. No.162, Gali No. 02, Sehatpur, Faridabad Haryana is a school drop-out and has studied upto Class 3. He is having two brothers and three sisters. He is unmarried. He is involved in 15 criminal cases previously.

2.  Subhash, aged 21 years, S/o Lt. Ashok Kumar R/o Village Bharatpur, Post Office Soro, P.S. Soro, District Kasgnaj, Etah, U.P. is illiterate. He is having two brothers and three sisters. He is unmarried. He is involved in 2 criminal cases previously.

The team members are being rewarded.

(Dr. P Karunakaran)

Deputy Commissioner of Police

South-East District, New Delhi

Dated 26.10.13

CHILDREN RESCUED WORKING AS BOUNDED LABOUR.

The staff of Police Station Nangloi, West District has rescued 11 children (07 boys and 04 girls) working as labourers in various premises.

NAME AND PROFILE OF ARRESTED /ACCUSED PERSONS

1.  Rambir S/o Ram Snehi R/o 1, Block-E, Amar Colony, Vill- Kamruddin Nagar, Nangloi, Delhi age-30 years

2.  Sonu R/o 125, Arvind Enclave, Nangloi, Delhi

3.  Naveen Goyal S/o Sh. Ram Goyal R/o A-98, Cement wali gali, Swarn Park, Nangloi, Delhi

RESCUED MADE

1.  One child working as a labourer was rescued from the shop of sweets of accused Rambir.

2.  Six children working as labourer were rescued from the shoes factory of accused Sonu.

3.  Four girls working as a labourer were rescued from the factory of paper plate of the accused Naveen Goyal.

INFORMATION /OPERATION

On 25.10.13, a Child labour rescue operation was conducted in the area of Nangloi under the supervision of SDM, Punjabi Bagh with the collaboration of Labour Department and Bachpan Bachao Aandolan (NGO). During the rescue operation, 11 children working as labourers were rescued from various premises.

INVESTIGATION AND INTERROGATION

During the course of investigation, 11 children working as labourers comprising 04 girls and 07 boys from Bihar and U.P state were produced before the Chairperson of CWC, Nirmal Chaya, Hari Nagar, Delhi. All children labourers were forced to work on low amount of salary (Appx. Rs 1500/per month) for their working. The CWC directed that all the children are to be placed in care and protection of the State. The accused persons namely Rambir, Sonu and Naveen Goyal were arrested by SI Prem Chand Yadav vide FIR No. 375/13 u/s 3/14 Child & Labour Act and 23 JJ Act P.S. Nangloi. . Further investigation is in progress.

The Staff involved in working out the case are being suitably rewarded.

(RANVIR SINGH) IPS

DY. COMMISSIONER OF POLICE

WEST DISTRICT NEW DELHI.

O R D E R

It has come to notice that sometimes the anti-social and criminal elements looted/ stolen and withdrawn the case by fraudulently from the ATMs. To prevent such type of crimes and in order to check illegal activities of anti-social elements and further keeping in view the public safety, I Rajeev Kumar Ambasta, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Sub Division Najafgarh, South West Distt. in exercise of the powers conferred upon me under section 144 Cr.P.C. (No. 2 of 1974) read with Govt. of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi’s Notification No. U-11036 (i) UTL dated 09.09.2010, do hereby order that all the ATMs and Branches of Banks falling within the jurisdiction of Sub-Division Najafgarh must install the CCTV cameras within a period of 30 days from the promulgation of this order without violating the right to privacy of the general public.