Rs 5.85 lakh robbed in two incidents

new delhi: armed men robbed rs 5.85 lakh in two different robberies in west delhi's nangloi area on monday morning. both the incidents were similar to each other as the victims' were taking the money to different banks located in the area. in the first incident, jagdish hooda, a resident of rohtak was robbed of rs 4 lakh when he went to the delhi state co-operative bank to deposit his money.hooda who is a distributor of mother diary products had reached the bank at 10:30 am. "he had come from rohtak in his tata 407. hooda was carrying two bags, one with rs 4 lakh, and the other rs 2.5 lakh. hooda had parked his jeep on the other side of the road and walked towards the bank,'' said a police official. when hooda reached the bank, two persons, who were reportedly waiting outside in a white maruti van, snatched the bag containing rs 4 lakh. the assailants reportedly escaped in the van. in the second incident which was reported 45 minutes later, a man was robbed of rs 1.85 lakh when he went to deposit the money at a bank branch in swati modern school in nangloi. kapil sachdeva, a resident of punjabi bagh, had gone with his servant to the school. "sachdeva had gone in his santro car. when he reached the school and got down to walk to the bank, two persons forced sachdeva to part with his car keys at gun-point. they also took the bag and escaped from the spot. their accomplice, who was waiting in a white maruti car outside the school also fled the spot,'' said a police official. sachdeva's car was, however, recovered a few kilometers away.