Jammu: Police in Jammu Tuesday claimed that they have worked out the sensational armed robbery case at the residence of a prominent businessman Rakesh Aggarwal in Gandhi Nagar with the arrest of five hardcore gangsters.
Of the 10 gangsters involved in dacoity, nine were from Punjab and they had come to the house of Aggarwal with an intention to call Choudhary Nagar Singh to his residence and kill him there (at the house of Aggarwal).
However, when they failed in their efforts, they did the dacoity and escaped with the cash, Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Jammu Zone, Mukesh Singh Tuesday.
The police investigation pointed out the teaming of gangsters from Punjab and Jammu.
One among the five arrested criminals — Amit Rana alias Harpreet Singh was mastermind of the murder of prominent transporter and former MLC Tarlochan Singh Wazir, police said. Wazir was shot dead in Delhi.
The ADGP Mukesh Singh accompanied by DIG Vivek Gupta and SSP Jammu Police, Chandan Kohli, and other investigation team members addressed a press conference here to inform about the details of the case.
The Jammu zone police chief said that the daylight dacoity of December 07, 2022 has been solved by the police in which 10 armed men barged into the house of prominent businessman Rakesh Aggarwal at Greenbelt Park in Gandhi Nagar and decamped with approximately Rs 12 to 15 lakhs.
“At least 15 investigation teams were constituted and they worked day and night. Six SIT teams were sent to Delhi, Chandigarh, Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar, Dasuya, and Patiala in the neighbouring states of Punjab and Delhi,” he informed.
The police have arrested five dacoits — Amit Rana alias Harpreet Singh (conman/mastermind of Tarlochan Singh Wazir’s murder), son of Lt Parmjeet Singh, resident of C-35 Hanuman Road Cannaught Place, New Delhi, at present 684 in Diagana (Jammu); Harjinder Singh alias Rinku, son of Jasvir Singh, resident of Badyana, Jalandhar in Punjab; Manjeet Singh alias Fouji (Fouji was in main supporting role of Amit Rana), son of Surinder Singh, resident of Ralhan Teshil Dasuya in District Hoshiarpur in Punjab; Raja Singh alias Raja, son of Gurdev Singh, resident of Panwah Tehsil Dasuya District Hoshiarpur in Punjab, and Pintu.
The police have recovered two pistols, police uniforms of cyber crime which were used to execute the dacoity, while and approximately Rs 5 lakhs in cash was also recovered.
Elaborating on the police investigation, the ADGP said that “Yesterday, the Jammu police team led by SSP Chandan Kohli went to arrest Amit Rana following an input.
“Rana, however, fired upon the approaching police team. However, the police managed to arrest him alive and recover the weapon (pistol),” he said while appreciating the police for their swift investigation in the case.
He said that the arrested dacoit Amit Rana is a big conman who was roaming (in Jammu) with fake documents and he was the mastermind of Tarlochan Singh Wazir’s killing.
With his arrest, he said that “the Jammu police have been able to work out and arrest the conspirator of Wazir murder case.”
To a question on further investigation, he said that they have also been working on different angles with regard to Amit Rana and soon the police would come out with details.
To another question, he said that “Total 10 criminals were involved in the dacoity and nine of them were from Punjab. Earlier too, recee of Rakesh Aggarwal’s house was done by other criminals who had come from Punjab.”
Quoting the investigation, he said that the initial motive of the dociates was to kill prominent contractor and businessman from Jammu, Choudhary Nagar Singh, also a resident of Greenbelt Park in Gandhi Nagar, by inviting him to the residence of Rakesh Aggarwal after the accused forced their entry into the house of the businessman. However, they failed in their attempt and robbed the house instead.
“The police are working on the business rivalry or any kind of enmity,” he added while saying that the further investigation in the case is in progress.
A case in the armed robbery has been registered at police station Gandhi Nagar under FIR Number 310 of 2022 under section 395, 342 and 120-B and 3/25 Arms Act.
It may be recalled here that the house of Choudhary Nagar Singh, a prominent businessman and contractor, in Gandhi Nagar near Greenbelt Park was also attacked by some criminals and they fired at his residence in the past.
