By IANS,
New Delhi : Two more people, including a prime accused and his wife, were arrested from Uttar Pradesh for the Rs.5.25 crore bank van heist here last week that left a guard dead, said police sources Wednesday.
Hari Kishan, in his 30s, and his wife Rashmi were apprehended from Banda, said sources. With their arrest the number of people in custody for the crime goes up to seven.
“Some cash has also been recovered from them,” the sources said.
After the incident Friday, Anil Kumar, 27, driver of the ICICI Bank cash van, a radio taxi (DL 1 RT 2088), revealed that some armed men in a white car blocked his vehicle near a petrol pump in Defence Colony around 1 p.m., police said.
“The assailants pulled out Anil, Ashok Kumar Singh, the cash custodian, and two guards. Guard Munne Singh, 40, was shot in the chest by the accused. The other guard was Ajab Singh. The accused fled with the van leaving their own car behind. The mobile phones and weapons were also taken away by the assailants,” said a police officer.
Munne Singh was rushed to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences where he succumbed to his injuries.
The abandoned cash van was later found near Zakaria Park in south Delhi’s Hauz Rani neighbourhood.
“The two weapons of the guards were recovered from the van,” the officer said.
Deepak, from whom a 9 mm pistol and two magazines were also seized, has been sent to judicial custody.
Five special teams of Delhi Police raided a house in south Delhi’s Khirki Extension, which was used by the accused as their hideout.