Overview
- Those held include alleged ringleader Papori Barua, 31, and associate Deepak, 32, both detained following Shahdara police raids.
- The group posed as CBI officers, intercepted a courier with two Ertiga cars, assaulted him and an employee, and confined them before dropping them at separate locations.
- Police say the complainant had stored roughly ₹2.5 crore at the property and had sent a friend to move ₹1.1 crore when the ambush occurred, with about ₹2.3 crore ultimately stolen.
- CCTV analysis led investigators to Faridabad, where the cars were traced to rentals arranged through an NGO based near Saket Metro Station.
- Police recovered ₹1.08 crore from the arrested suspects, and the search continues for the remaining accomplices and the rest of the money.