Chandigarh: Auto driver among 2 nailed for robbing actress at knifepoint

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 10

Two suspects, including an auto driver, who allegedly robbed a model-turned-actress at knifepoint at her house in Sector 27, have been arrested by the UT police. The remaining two suspects, Arjun, alias Nepali, and Arjun Kumar, are at large.

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Those arrested have been identified as Prem, alias Motu, and Sunil, alias Sunny, alias Bihari. While Prem was nabbed this morning, Sunil was nabbed late in the evening.

Prem, an auto driver, during his interrogation, revealed that they had done a recce of the house at 8 pm on September 6.

The next day, all suspects came around noon. While Prem waited outside the house to keep a watch, the other three went inside.

The police said Prem and Sunil went to withdraw money using an ATM card of the victim. The duo went to an ATM in Sector 30 and withdrew Rs20,000 from the victim’s account. While Prem kept took Rs15,000, he gave Rs5,000 to Sunil.

“Prem paid a loan instalment of Rs4,000 and spent Rs1,000 somewhere else. The remaining Rs10,000 has been recovered from him,” said a police official.

The victim’s ATM card has also been recovered from Prem.

Raids are being conducted to nab the remaining two suspects. “The robbed cash is with the remaining two suspects, who are on the run,” said a police official.

On September 7, the victim was alone at her house when three suspects, who had their faces covered, barged into the house. The victim was kept hostage at knifepoint and robbed of Rs6 lakh and another Rs20,000, which a suspect withdrew from her account using her ATM card. The victim had identified one of the suspects, who had come to deliver furniture at her house a few days before the incident.