‘Fed spiked dal', Jewellery trader robbed of gold worth Rs 13 lakh in Delhi
At a hotel in Paharganj, Singh treated his friend to 'Delhi Ki Dal'. The next thing Kumar remembers was waking up on Tuesday morning and finding Singh missing — along with his 1.34 kg of gold worth Rs 13 lakh. He was allegedly robbed after his associate fed him 'spiked' dal at the hotel, the Delhi Police said.
'Complainant (Kumar) alleged that his associate stole the jewellery and has been missing since,' DCP (Central) Nidhin Valsan said.
A police officer said that Singh, also based out of Amritsar, is a gold trader. Singh allegedly accompanied Kumar to the Capital after the latter mentioned a 'lucrative deal' he had struck with a Delhi client. Kumar told Singh that he had to carry the consignment to the Capital for the client, police said.
Upon reaching Paharganj, the duo booked a double bedroom at a hotel. At night, Singh told Kumar about a nearby hotel that offered one of the best dal curries in the Capital, police added. 'Kumar initially rejected Singh's offer to have dinner… but later caved,' the officer said.
Upon reaching the hotel, Singh allegedly spiked the dal. 'He then took the bag filled with the gold and allegedly fled the hotel around 2 am,' the officer added.
After waking up and realising he had been robbed, Kumar filed a complaint at the Paharganj police station.
An FIR was filed after a preliminary inquiry under sections 305 (a) (theft) and 123 (hurt by poison) of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita. Officials say they have analysed CCTV footage of the premises and have forwarded the description of the accused to nearby police stations. Singh remains absconding, police said.
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Hans India
5 minutes ago
- Hans India
ED attaches assets worth Rs 2.83 crore in transnational cyber fraud case
Patna: The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Patna Zonal Office, has provisionally attached movable and immovable assets worth approximately Rs 2.83 crore in connection with a transnational cyber fraud case involving fake call centres operated by Sagar Yadav and his Kolkata-based firms M/s Scrapix Consultancy Services Pvt Ltd and M/s Casanovus Reality Pvt Ltd, a statement from the probe agency said on Friday. The attached properties consist of land parcels, flats, fixed deposits etc. The action was taken under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. ED initiated an investigation into the case based on information of cyber fraud committed on Ms Carmel Fox, an Irish National, received from the National Central Bureau (NCB) of Ireland, forwarded by the CBI. Patna Zonal Office of ED initiated an investigation by recording an ECIR into this matter as the case was covered under the category of offence of 'Cross-border implication', since the offence was committed in a foreign country and later the Proceeds of Crime (POC) were transferred to India. ED investigation revealed that a group of individuals was committing acts of cyber fraud on foreign nationals by establishing fake call centres and the POC generated through such acts of cyber fraud was brought into India via Western Union/Moneygram, Rewire, Remitly as well as cryptocurrencies and then used to launder via apps such as Lenden Club, Lendbox, Liquiloans etc. So far, the ED has arrested seven individuals, including kingpin Sagar Yadav, and has filed one charge sheet and two supplementary charge sheets against him, his firms, and associates. According to ED, further investigation revealed that two immovable properties were purchased in the names of M/s Scrapix Consultancy Services Pvt Ltd and M/s Casanovus Reality Pvt, with sale consideration paid using the POC. These immovable properties, amounting to Rs 2.67 crore (approx) have been placed under provisional attachment. Movable properties, valued at Rs 15.75 Lakh (approx), in the form of Fixed Deposits (FDs) have also been placed under provisional attachment. Further investigation is in progress.
Indian Express
6 minutes ago
- Indian Express
Special court stays proceedings in 2022 bank fraud case filed against Choksi
A SPECIAL court Friday stayed proceedings against diamond merchant Mehul Choksi and a co-accused in a bank fraud case, pending before the magistrate court. The special court said that the magistrate court had in April issued summons to the seven accused in the case, including Choksi, but the order does not reflect any opinion of the court. Lawyers for Choksi and co-accused, Aniyath Nair, had approached the special court against the magistrate court order. 'The reasons are necessary not only for the litigants before the court but also for the superior courts to know the thought process of the learned trial court. The court expects at least some brief outline of the reasons which leads the Trial Court to form an opinion to issue summons in the case. Therefore, in view of this prima facie error of being no reasons in support of the order of issuance of process, the further proceedings…. pending before the court….are hereby stayed qua the present applicant Nos.5 (Nair) and 2 (Choksi) till next date,' the special court said. The case relates to a complaint filed in 2022, alleging wrongful losses caused to a consortium of banks led by Canara Bank to the tune of Rs 55.27 crore. Choksi, two companies— Bezel Jewellery India Ltd, Gitanjali Gems, and four other persons were named as accused by the CBI. The CBI had alleged that loans granted by the banks for manufacturing and sales of gold and diamond studded jewellery, were diverted by the accused. The magistrate court had passed an order summoning the accused and issued a non-bailable warrant against Choksi, who is currently facing proceedings in Belgium, where he is detained on an extradition request by Indian authorities, for investigation of the Rs 13,000-crore Punjab National Bank bank consortium fraud case. The lawyers for the accused, Rahul Agarwal and Jasmin Purani, had submitted that the magistrate court order taking cognizance of the chargesheet filed by the CBI was done 'mechanically', without giving any reasons. They also claimed that the order was passed in a 'lightning speed' on the same day when the chargesheet, running into thousands of pages, was put before the court, without perusal.
Time of India
18 minutes ago
- Time of India
Three of family get life term for murder
Sasaram: An additional district judge (ADJ) in Rohtas has awarded life-term imprisonment and significant fines to three people of a family, convicted in a decade-old murder case , on Friday. Convicts Sushil, Bhagwan and Suresh Paswan, all residents of Agrer police station area, were each fined Rs 5,000 by ADJ-19 Dinesh Kumar Pradhan. An FIR in the murder case of one Abhijeet Paswan was filed by his father Shankar, a resident of Agrer, at the local police station. According to additional public prosecutor Laxman Singh, the incident occurred on June 30, 2015, in Jigna village under Agrer police station. The complainant's son Abhijeet left home around 4pm for a walk and never returned. His family initiated a search, but their efforts proved fruitless until next morning when Abhijeet's body was discovered by village women in a field outside Jigna. The motive behind the killing was identified as a long-standing dispute over a street drain. During the trial, the prosecution presented eight witnesses. Based on the evidence and testimonies, the court found the accused guilty under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code.
