State : DELHI Sub-Off./Distt.: CRIME & RAILWAY Sub-Off./PS : CRIME BRANCH

„« NOTORIOUS ROBBER OF MEHBOOB PANDEY GANG APPREHENDED. „« TWO CASES INCLUDING SENSATIONAL ARMED ROBBERY OF NOIDA EXPRESSWAY OF RS 1.15 CRORE WORKED OUT IN WHICH ROBBERS POSED AS COPS. „« CASH RS. 10 LAC, ONE COUNTRY MADE PISTOL USED IN CRIME ALONG WITH TWO LIVE CARTRIDGES AND ONE MOBILE PHONE RECOVERED. „« ACCUSED IS PREVIOUSLY INVOLVED IN 23 CASES OF DACOITY, ROBBERY ETC. AND HAS ALSO BEEN DECLARED PROCLAIMED OFFENDER IN A DACOITY CASE OF PS WELCOME. A team of officers of the Crime Branch led by Insp. K.P. Singh consisting of SI P.C. Yadav, HC Yatender, HC Rajiv Mohan, Ct Vikal Singh, Ct Yogender, Ct Javed, Ct Ravinder, Ct Bijender, Ct Manoj, Ct Devinder and Ct Naresh under the supervision of Sh. S. S. Gill, ACP/Anti Robbery Cell and over all guidance of Sh. Bhisham Singh, Addl. DCP/Crime has apprehended accused Iqbal @ Guddu (age 42 years) and worked out two sensational cases viz. a robbery at NOIDA Expressway of Rs 1.15 crore at gun point and snatching of a bag from a South African Lady in the area of PS Barakhamba Road. Rs. 10 lac cash of the NOIDA Expressway robbery case and mobile phone snatched from the South African Lady have been recovered. Ct. Vikal Singh of Anti Robbery Cell, Crime Branch received an information that one notorious robber of Mehboob Pandey gang namely Iqbal @ Guddu, involved in a recent sensational robbery case of robbery at NOIDA Expressway would be coming near Bhairon Temple opposite Pragati Maidan on 19.03.13 at about 01:30 PM to meet his associates. The accused Iqbal had come near Bheiron Mandir to visit his associates but was apprehended alongwith a pistol and two live cartridges. A case FIR No. 51/13 U/S 25 Arms Act has been registered at PS Crime Branch. Efforts are being made to arrest the remaining accused persons. All concerned police stations have been informed. PROFILE OF THE ACCUSED: Accused Iqbal @ Guddu is a desperate robber. He was born in a small village namely Sarsaul of Distt. Buland Shahar in UP. He came to Delhi in the year 1998-99, and started plying a taxi. He came in contact with Meharban Pehalwan of Buland Shahar, Farookh Pehalwan of Khurja and Furkan of Aligarh, all notorious criminals of Delhi NCR. Soon he also fell prey to easy money and he committed dacoities in the year 2001 in Bulland Shahar, Welcome, Delhi and another one in Agra. After coming out of jail in the year 2003, he along with one Ajay @ Pradhan r/o Salem Pur, UP, started steeling vehicles. He was again arrested in the year 2004 and after coming out of jail he came in contact with one Mehboob Pandey r/o Khurja, Hashmat r/o Buland Shahar, Ravi r/o Agra, Rajkumar @ Raju r/o Sikandarabad. They committed dacoities/robberies at Anoop Shahar, Buland Shahar and Vijay Nagar, Ghaziabad. In the year 2006, he along with his associates namely Mehboob Pandey r/o Khurja and Rajkumar @ Raju r/o Sikandarabad was arrested after a brief encounter with Crime Branch of Delhi Police. In the year 2009, he came out of jail and committed robberies and carjacking in Buland Shahar and NOIDA. In 2010, he and his associate Hashmat opened fire on Bulandshahar Police when accosted. His associate Hashmat was arrested by Buland Shahar Police after a brief encounter but Iqbal managed to escape. After this he was again arrested by Crime Branch of Delhi Police. After coming out of jail, he with the help of his associates began to target the jewellers travelling with huge cash or jewellery. His associate Ravi r/o Agra used to provide information about the jewellers travelling from Agra. In Oct., 2010 he alongwith his associates namely Hashmat, Ravi, Brijesh, Rahis and Bhura targeted one Sarvesh Kumar Agrawal, a jeweler of Bareilly, and robbed Approx. 150 Kg. Silver and cash Rs. 50,000/- at gun point near Tundala, Distt Firozabad, UP. A case vide FIR No. 404/10 u/s 392/34 IPC was registered at PS- Naarki, Distt Firozabad, UP and none was arrested in the case so far. In the month of Oct. 2011, he and his associates namely Hashmat, Ravi, Brijesh, Azad and Imran targeted another jeweller Pradeep Kumar r/o Mathura and robbed 10 Kg. silver and Rs. 9 lac cash vide FIR No. 729/ 11 u/s 395/34 IPC registered at PS-Kotwali Buland Shahar Dehat. All other accused except accused Iqbal @ Guddu have been arrested in this case. In the month of March 2012, he along with his associate Raj Kumar @ Raju snatched a bag from one South African lady containing, approx. 1000 Dollars, her passport and a Mobile Phone near Gole Market, New Delhi . A case vide FIR No.39/12 u/s 379/356 IPC was registered at PS- Barakhamba Road in this regard. The mobile phone Black Berry has been recovered at the instance of accused. One Firoz r/o Mustafabad, whose father-in- law, namely Ibrahim was employed as a driver at one jewellery shop at Bareilly namely ˇ§Shailesh Tradersˇ¨,. wanted to earn easy money so he planned to rob the jeweler with the help of his associates. As his father-in-law was employed as a driver to the jeweler, it was easy for him to track the movements of his father-in-law, with out the knowledge of his father in law. He was aware that as a driver, his father in law working as a driver carried huge cash and jewellery to Delhi and Agra. He joined Rahis, Ajay and Md. Azad all r/o Mustafabad, Delhi in the plan to loot the jeweller. Rahis and Azad contacted Iqbal @ Guddu for robbing the jeweller. Firoz informed that the jeweler transfers huge cash/jewellery to Agra and Delhi. Accused Iqbal @ Guddu joined his associate Ravi r/o Agra, Rajkumar @ Raju and Sandip in his plan. As per plan, he decided to send Firoz and Ajay to Bareilly to the house of his father-in-law so as he could provide information regarding the transfer of cash or jewellery by Shailesh Traders through his father in law as the driver. Rahis also reached Bareilly and Azad stayed in Delhi. For this purpose, Azad procured three mobile phones and three SIM cards on fake identities. One phone was given to Rahis who reached Bareilly, one phone was taken by the accused Iqbal @ Guddu to Agra and one mobile phone remained with Azad in Delhi. Accused Rahis was to pass information to Azad and Iqbal @ Guddu through Firoz. Accused Iqbal @ Guddu asked Raj Kumar @ Raju and Sandip to remain in ready position at Greater NOIDA. On 10/03/13, accused Iqbal @ Guddu reached Agra and met with Ravi and discussed the issue with him and joined him. On early morning of 12/03/13, accused received information from Rahis and Azad that two vehicles, one Swift Dzire and one Ritz car with registration numbers, of the Shailesh Jewellers have moved to Agra. The Dzire car was being driven by Ibrahim and Mohan Bhatt the accountant of Shailesh Jewellers was accompanying him. Accused Ravi kept a watch at all possible places in Agra. He spotted both the cars at Surya Nagar, Agra as he knew these places. Meanwhile Iqbal @ Guddu asked Rajkumar @ Raju and Sandip to reach Agra in a car. Rahis informed that one of the cars i.e. Swift Dzire driven by the father in law of Firoz will go to Delhi and the same is carrying huge cash. As soon as Rajkumar @ Raju and Sandip reached Agra in a Santro car, they all boarded the same and began to wait for the time when the car would move to Delhi. As soon as the car moved to Delhi, they chased the Swift Dzire car and accosted that Swift Dzire Car between HCL and Mahamaya Nagar fly over, at NOIDA Express Way, posing to be cops. The driver of the car stopped the car. Two accused persons namely Raj Kumar @ Raju and Sandip boarded the car of the jeweler and made both the driver and the accountant hostage at gun point. They drove the car to Hinnoti Village via Yamuna Expressway. Accused Iqbal @ Guddu and Ravi also reached Hinnoti village via Bhangel Village after some time as they spent some time in changing the number plate. During interrogation, accused Iqbal disclosed that they robbed Rs 70 lacs only. But the FIR indicates the robbery of Rs 1.15 Crore. So the complainant was contacted to know the exact amount robbed. The hostage accountant of the jeweller disclosed that after reaching the Hinnoti village one of the accused persons took away Rs 45 lacs and went in to Hinnoti village. Both of them asked the accountant to tell his remaining two associates that he was carrying cash Rs 70 lacs only. After some time, accused Iqbal @ Guddu and Ravi also reached Hinnoti village. Sandip told them that Rajkumar @ Raju had gone to get a bag to keep cash from the village. After sometime, Rajkumar @ Raju came back with a gunny bag and they transferred the remaining cash in the gunny bag. After this, they dumped both the driver and the accountant near the Khedi village. They transferred the gunny bag to their Santro car and abandoned the Dzire car near Dadri Railway Crossing. A case vide FIR No. 171/13 dated 13/03/13 u/s 392/34 IPC has been registered at PS Sec-39 NOIDA, UP in this regard. Interrogation of accused has revealed that he never attended the court in case FIR No. 46/01 u/s 395/ 34 IPC of PS-Welcome after coming out of jail on bail . Enquiry from the court has revealed that the accused has been declared PO by the court on 19/09/02. Previous involvements of accused Iqbal Guddu S/o Ronak Ali are as under: S. No. Fir No U/s Police Station Status of case 1 46/01 395/34 IPC Welcome Delhi PO 2 62/01 395/397/34 IPC Kotwali Bulland Shahar 3 /01 395/34 IPC Sadar Agra UP 4 62A/01 395/397/34 IPC Kotwali Bulland Shahar 5 135/04 379/411 IPC C.R.Park, Delhi 6 84/04 394/411/34 IPC Vijay Nagar, Ghaziabad, UP 7 674/05 379/411 IPC N.F.C. Delhi 8 104/05 394/34 IPC Anoop Shahar UP 9 62/05 394/34 IPC Bulland Shahar Dhayat UP 10 05/06 379/411 IPC Sec.39 NOIDA UP 11 120/06 394/34 IPC Civil Line Aligarh UP 12 /06 395/34 IPC Kakod Bulland Shahar UP 13 /06 395/34 IPC SikandraBad UP 14 314/06 186/353/307/411/34 IPC, & 25/27 A. Act H.N. Din Delhi (Spl.Team, Cr.Br. Delhi) 15 151/10 395/397/34 IPC Sec.58 NOIDA UP 16 186/10 186/353/307/411/34 IPC & 25/27 A. Act Arniya , Bulland Shahar UP 17 191/10 420 IPC Arniya , Bulland Shahar UP 18 DDNo.16 41.1 Cr.P.C. Spl.Team Cr.Br., Delhi 19 404/10 392/34 IPC Naarki FirozaBad UP W/out 20 723/11 395/412/34 IPC Bulland Shahar Dhayat UP Wanted 21 171/13 392/34 IPC Sec.39 NOIDA W/out 22 39/12 356/379 IPC Barakhamba Rd. W/Out 23 51/13 25/54/59 A. Act Crime Branch, Delhi W/out