Health Ministry official robbed of mobile phone, cash in Central Delhi; 2 held

Meanwhile, another person also came there and the scooter rider strangled the ministry from behind and the other man took out his wallet from his pocket. Due to strangulation, the victim fainted and fell there, the victim said in his complaint.

After some time, when he regained consciousness, he checked his car and found that his mobile phone was also stolen, police said.

As per a media report in the HT, As per the first information report (FIR), Shankar left his Niti Aayog office in central Delhi on Wednesday evening and was driving his car to his residence in southwest Delhi’s RK Puram Sector 4. At around 8.15 pm, he reached Panchsheel Marg-Shanti Path roundabout, where his car allegedly brushed past a scooter.

An FIR under sections 392 (punishment for robbery), 394 (voluntarily causing hurt in committing robbery) and 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) was registered at Chanakyapuri police station. 

The case was handed over to the Delhi Police Crime Branch who investigated the matter and nabbed the victim after analysing CCTV cameras in the vicinity.

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