Two more arrested for Def Col heist

Two more persons have been arrested on Friday for the Defence Colony heist, in which a cash van was robbed of Rs 5.25 crore on September 24. Acting on a tip-off, police arrested Pawan and Ranjit.

According to police, Pawan was arrested from Usmanpur in Northeast Delhi. Police said Rs 10 lakh was recovered from him.

Police said Ranjit, who is a relative of Yogesh, one of the main accused, was arrested from Pahari Colony in New Usmanpur. "Ranjit was not directly involved in the crime. But he had Rs 15 lakh of the loot. He told us that it was given to him by one of the accused on the night of the incident," a police officer said.

The mastermind of the armed robbery, Hari Kishan, and his brother Deepak Sharma have been arrested.

Two others of the gang, Umesh and Mukesh have also been arrested. A source also said Vijay Singh Nahar, another one of the main accused, has been arrested. But senior police officers were not willing to confirm this.

Police said Yogesh and Ranjit, two of the other main accused, were on the run and yet to be arrested.

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