Overview
- Dinesh Verma and ten alleged accomplices were detained on July 18 following a pre-dawn confrontation near the Dwarka Expressway Flyover in connection with the June 24 Ghitorni farmhouse robbery.
- Verma opened fire on officers during the trap, prompting a return shot that wounded him in the right leg before he was hospitalized at Indira Gandhi Hospital in Dwarka.
- Police recovered an automatic pistol with two live cartridges, several vehicles used in the heist, multiple mobile phones and about ₹7 lakh in stolen cash.
- Under interrogation, Verma confessed to orchestrating the dacoity and supplying arms, and investigators confirmed the gang exploited insider help from the complainant’s former driver, Adesh Kumar.
- An FIR filed at Vasant Kunj South police station remains active as authorities expand their inquiry into linked cross-state burglary and armed robbery networks.