Delhi: Three who robbed DU staffer, mother held

In his complaint, Sunil Sharma, an assistant clerk at the examination branch of DU, said he and his mother were alone at home, while his wife and their children were at Bhajanpura.

Police said the five men entered the first-floor house on Monday. Two of them threatened the victims at gunpoint. When the elderly woman resisted, police said, the accused hit her on the head with their pistol. Sharma alleged in his complaint, “They also slapped and punched me. I was injured in my neck, face and hands.”

Two other men entered the house, went to the bedroom and took cash and gold jewellery worth around Rs 14 lakh. Sharma and his mother were tied up with bedsheets and beaten up.

DCP (Crime Branch) Rakesh Paweriya said, “We identified a few suspects and raided possible hideouts in Loni and Hapur. On Thursday, we received information that the accused would come to Chand Bagh and leave for UP. Our team caught three of the accused from Wazirabad road,” he said. Police also recovered Rs 3.7 lakh in cash.