A 48-year-old Army Colonel was allegedly beaten up and robbed of his belongings by three people in south Delhi’s Malviya Nagar area. The victim asked for a lighter from one of the accused following which the latter started abusing him.
According to police, complainant Colonel Vinit Mahto, a resident of Chanakyapuri, came to the Malviya Nagar Police Station on Wednesday and lodged a complaint alleging that he went to Malviya Nagar’s Triveni complex in a car, along with his friend after attending a seminar on Tuesday, a senior police officer said.
Police said the arrested persons have been identified as Mithun, 22, and Mukul, 28 from Chirag Delhi.
The police also identified the third suspect by his first name Bobby, who is also from Jagdamba Camp.
Efforts are being made to arrest the third accused. Mithun was previously involved in a criminal case, police said.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) Chandan Chowdhary said the complainant, Vinit Mahto, aged around 48 years, came to the Malviya Nagar Police Station and gave a written complaint regarding the assault and robbery.
The DCP said the complainant reached the Triveni complex around 11.30 pm and asked for a lighter from a person standing there. The two accused persons have been arrested in the case.
In his complaint, Colonel Mahto said he was mercilessly attacked, wounded, and robbed of his two mobile phones, credit and debit cards, and Rs 10,000 in cash by three men in the parking lot of Triveni Complex in south Delhi’s Malviya Nagar late on Tuesday.
The assault left Colonel Vinit Mahto unconscious near his car till the next morning. When he regained consciousness, he found his cash and other items were missing.
He called his wife to inform about the incident, who then rushed to the spot and took him to AIIMS Trauma Centre with the help of a policeman.
Detailing the incident in his complaint, the Army officer that on Tuesday night, he had gone to Triveni Complex along with a friend after attending a seminar.
Around 11.30 pm, he reached the place and went to the car park to light a cigarette. There a man asked him for a lighter, who then began abusing him, leading to a physical duel, said the police.
“The man called two more persons, and they together beat the Army officer mercilessly and one of them took out his mobile phone.
“The other person took out other items from the officer’s car after assaulting him. He became dizzy and later found that his two mobile phones, credit card, voter card and Rs 10,000 in cash were missing from his car,†Chowdhary said.
The DCP said a case under sections 394 (voluntarily causing hurt in committing robbery), 411 (dishonestly receiving stolen property) and 34 (common intention) of the IPC was registered at the Malviya Nagar Police Station and multiple teams were formed to identify and nab the suspects. “During the investigation, the probe team collected the relevant CCTV footage and thoroughly analysed the same.
Technical as well as manual surveillance were also mounted. Details of jail/bail and parole released criminals were obtained and thoroughly scanned, said the police, adding that further, dossiers of criminals involved in such type of incidents were also scrutinised.
Further, during analysing of CCTV, 03 suspects were noticed while committing the crime. Hence, the photographs of the suspects were developed through technical apparatus and circulated within police net to get their identities,†the DCP said. “We identified all three suspects and have arrested two of them. Two stolen phones have been recovered from them,†she added.
