3 held for robbing ice cream parlour

A group of men allegedly robbed an ice cream parlour in northwest Delhi's Tri Nagar to fund their Kanwar Yatra trip to Haridwar but splurged the money at clubs, an official said on Wednesday.

The accused - Sumit, Vansh Gupta and Sagar, alias Piyush, - all in their 20s, were arrested from the Keshav Puram area after the analysis of more than 50 CCTV footage, he claimed. According to the police, the robbery took place on the night of June 19 at an ice cream parlour located on the ground floor of the complainant's residence in Tri Nagar.

The complainant, Dharmender, was closing his shop at around 11 pm when two masked men barged in. One of them brandished a knife and threatened him, forcing him to sit down,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (Northwest) Bhisham Singh said.

The officer said the robbers allegedly looted Rs 43,000 from the drawer and even took a few ice creams from the freezer before fleeing. The police traced the escape route of the accused using CCTV footage, and nabbed the accused.