New Delhi: Three persons have been booked for the sensational multi-crore car robbery. The police suspect they are part of a wider network but based in Haryana.
The man who was robbed, businessman Rajesh Kalra, came under investigation after the police realised that close to Rs 15 crore in cash may have been stolen, far more than the Rs 8 crore that he had claimed. Kalra was named as a conduit between South African skipper Hansie Cronje and a London- based bookie in the 2000 match-fixing scandal.
The stolen money was linked to payoffs in a betting racket and included euros and dollars, police say.
Kalra was driving his Honda City to his bank in Karol Bagh to deposit the Rs 8 crore when a silver Maruti Wagon R overtook him and forced him to stop. Then a few men walked up to the Honda City, pointed a gun and snatched the money. They allegedly forced people out of the car and escaped in it, he said.
About four and a half hours later, the cops found the hijacked Honda City. It had two empty bags in it, the cops said.Â
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