NEW DELHI: A gang of five minors who had dramatically escaped from a city juvenile home
on October 5 amid rioting and arson murdered a jeweller's wife in Mayur
Vihar on November 7 and fled with 50kg of silver jewellery and Rs 10
lakh cash from the house, police said, claiming to have cracked the
case.
The revelation is bound to revive the debate, triggered by Nirbhaya's brutal gang-rape, on whether the law in India is too soft on juveniles convicted of heinous crimes.
Police said, on November 7 afternoon, one of the teenagers rung the bell of jeweller Ajay Gupta's residence at Mayur Vihar phase III, posing as a courier boy. As Gupta's son opened the door, the five barged into the flat. They throttled Gupta's wife, Madhubala, in front of her children after she tried to resist and then made off with the cash and jewellery.
The robbery was masterminded by a cash-strapped cable operator in the area, along with a small time jeweller. The juveniles were used to execute the plan, police said, adding that the crime branch had nabbed five accused, including two juveniles.
Police sources revealed that after the murder and robbery, the juveniles thanked the gods by spending Rs 35,000 on a 'bhandara' to feed the poor. They also organized a grand birthday party for one of the gang members who turned 18 on November 10, three days after the crime.
The boys shifted to Noida after the robbery and were living lavishly there, police said. As a precaution, they stopped using mobile phones. But their run of luck ended with a small mistake. They approached a goldsmith to melt and sell some silver. That jeweller was known to buy and sell stolen stuff but was careful this time as he was to get married two days later. He tipped off the crime branch.
"The cable operator has been identified as Mahesh Gupta alias Sunny, 24, the jeweller is Narsing Verma, 35. Another accused, Ajay Rai, 35, a key member of the outlawed Ranvir Sena in Bihar, bought the robbed jewellery. They were arrested by a team led by ACP Suresh Kaushik, said Ravindra Yadav, additional CP (crime).
Most of the stolen ornaments had been recovered, he added. Police have also recovered the motorcycles and a country-made pistol with live cartridges from the accused.
During their interrogation, the juveniles said they had approached their 'godfather', Sunny, after fleeing the shelter home on October 5. Sunny, a resident of Ambedkar Nagar, got them an accommodation in New Ashok Nagar area through his contacts.
Police said Sunny kept juvenile gangs on his payroll and also provided legal aid to them in return.
The revelation is bound to revive the debate, triggered by Nirbhaya's brutal gang-rape, on whether the law in India is too soft on juveniles convicted of heinous crimes.
Police said, on November 7 afternoon, one of the teenagers rung the bell of jeweller Ajay Gupta's residence at Mayur Vihar phase III, posing as a courier boy. As Gupta's son opened the door, the five barged into the flat. They throttled Gupta's wife, Madhubala, in front of her children after she tried to resist and then made off with the cash and jewellery.
The robbery was masterminded by a cash-strapped cable operator in the area, along with a small time jeweller. The juveniles were used to execute the plan, police said, adding that the crime branch had nabbed five accused, including two juveniles.
Police sources revealed that after the murder and robbery, the juveniles thanked the gods by spending Rs 35,000 on a 'bhandara' to feed the poor. They also organized a grand birthday party for one of the gang members who turned 18 on November 10, three days after the crime.
The boys shifted to Noida after the robbery and were living lavishly there, police said. As a precaution, they stopped using mobile phones. But their run of luck ended with a small mistake. They approached a goldsmith to melt and sell some silver. That jeweller was known to buy and sell stolen stuff but was careful this time as he was to get married two days later. He tipped off the crime branch.
"The cable operator has been identified as Mahesh Gupta alias Sunny, 24, the jeweller is Narsing Verma, 35. Another accused, Ajay Rai, 35, a key member of the outlawed Ranvir Sena in Bihar, bought the robbed jewellery. They were arrested by a team led by ACP Suresh Kaushik, said Ravindra Yadav, additional CP (crime).
Most of the stolen ornaments had been recovered, he added. Police have also recovered the motorcycles and a country-made pistol with live cartridges from the accused.
During their interrogation, the juveniles said they had approached their 'godfather', Sunny, after fleeing the shelter home on October 5. Sunny, a resident of Ambedkar Nagar, got them an accommodation in New Ashok Nagar area through his contacts.
Police said Sunny kept juvenile gangs on his payroll and also provided legal aid to them in return.
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