Four held on way to burgle elderly couple's house

Four persons have been arrested as they assembled on their way to commit a robbery at an aged couple's house here, police said on Tuesday.

Police said they came to know that Ram Kumar, 31, Deepak Kumar, 24, and Rohit and Rahul, both 19, would gather at a park near the DDA flats, where the couple live, in Kalkaji area of south Delhi.

"The team received a tip-off on Monday about a group of criminals, planning to commit robbery in the house of an aged couple, assembling in a park at the night," Deputy Commissioner of Police Chinmoy Biswal told IANS.

He said a trap was laid, with a team deployed outside the park and as soon as the accused came, the police personnel jumped in and overpowered the four as they tried to escape.

"Two country-made pistols, two live cartridges, a knife and a scooter which they had robbed from east Delhi were recovered from the accused," Biswal said, adding all the four were unemployed and wanted to make some quick money.

Ram Kumar, who had whitewashed the house last year, knew there was jewellery there and hatched the robbery plan.

Biswal said that Ram Kumar took a loan of more than Rs 1 lakh and went to Dubai in December 2016 for work but he failed to get a good job there and returned to India in July.

"He was under a huge debt and could not repay his lenders. So, knowing there was huge amount of jewellery and valuables in the house, he hatched the plan with his neighbour Rohit, who is a local tough, and his accomplices," he added.

--IANS

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