Overview

• The Crime Branch arrested 32-year-old Deep Shubham of Sitamarhi, Bihar, following a targeted operation based on intelligence inputs.
• Officers mounted technical surveillance and laid a trap in Delhi’s Hari Nagar before taking him into custody, according to the police statement.
• Investigators say two Model Town cases from 2021 involve gunpoint robberies, including a September theft of Rs 6,06,000 and an October incident where Rs 70,000 was taken from a jewellery shop.
• Police cite his earlier arrest in a 2017 Bank of India robbery in Sitamarhi, where a homemade smoke bomb using methyl acetate and benzene was deployed.
• After securing bail in the Delhi cases, he allegedly absconded, frequently changed locations, and was working as an interior designer in Sohna, Haryana.