Cash Robbery Foiled: Armed Conspirator Nabbed by North District Special Staff

NEW DELHI, 16 JUNE: A team of Special Staff, North District, under the close supervision of Shri Hemant Kumar, officiating ACP/Operations Cell, North District and leadership of Inspr. Rohit Saraswat, (In-charge Special Staff), comprising SI Manoj, SI Harshit, HC Akash, HC Balkishan and HC Parveen has arrested one budding criminal with a country-made pistol (Desi Katta) along-with one live cartridge. The accused was planning to rob an office on Tank Road, Karol Bagh after receiving information about a cash movement, thereby thwarting a potential cash robbery.

INFORMATION & OPERATION:
On 12th June 2025 at about 10:50 PM, above said team of Special Staff of North District received a specific information that a person carrying a weapon would arrive in the area of Roop Nagar, Delhi; and if a raid is conducted well in time, he might be apprehended. The received information was immediately shared with the senior officers and as per their directions a raiding party was formed, under the leadership of SI Manoj Tomar. During surveillance, based on the identification provided by a secret informer, two suspects were intercepted and both were apprehended from In-front of AU Small Finance Bank, Roop Nagar. They were identified as Pratham Gahlot, age 21 years and Uday Gahlot, age 23 years, (both are real brothers), r/o West Moti Nagar, Sarai Rohilla, Delhi. Upon search, one Country Made Pistol (Desi Katta) and one live cartridge were recovered from the possession of Pratham Gahlot.

Subsequently, a case vide FIR No. 197/25 dated 13.06.2025 u/s 25 Arms Act was registered at PS Roop Nagar and further investigation was taken up accordingly.

INTERROGATION:
During interrogation, accused Pratham Gahlot initially misled the raiding party and he failed to provide any satisfactory explanation for possessing illegal firearms at such a young age. However, on sustained interrogation, it was revealed that he had received information from an individual namely XXXXX regarding the movement of a large amount of cash at an office located on Tank Road, Karol Bagh. Consequently, the accused Pratham, along-with his other associates had hatched a conspiracy to rob the said office. For this purpose, he was trying to procure illegal firearms, but he could manage to arrange only one Desi Katta before his arrest from a person namely XXX. He had also conducted a detailed recce of the target location, including all entry and exit points near that office, just prior to being apprehended. But during the recce itself, accused Pratham received a call from his girlfriend, who told him that she was heavily intoxicated and asked him to come and drop her home. Due to this, he had to leave his associates and go to pick up his girlfriend, and it was during this time that he was nabbed by the alert police team on a tip off received from someone.

During the investigation of the case, the accused, Pratham Gahlot, was arrested in the case and his brother, Uday Gahlot, was bound down u/s 35(3) BNSS. Further investigation is in progress.

DETAIL OF ACCUSED PERSON:
• Pratham Gahlot, r/o West Moti Nagar Sarai Rohilla, Delhi, age 21 years.

RECOVERY:
• One Desi Katta & one live cartridge.

 

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