NEW DELHI: As postgraduates in economics and management, they could have landed well-paid jobs in top companies. But Mohammed Sawez (21), Naved Khan (30) and Kuldeep Tomar (28) — all belonging to well-to-do families — turned to robbery and car-snatching for "immediate profits" and a life on the edge.
Police arrested a biker gang of seven, led by the trio, on Friday when they were disposing of stolen SUVs in Sheikh Sarai in south Delhi.
Ringleader Sawez, an MBA from Amity University and son of a British High Commission official, wanted to follow his girlfriend in Virginia and settle in the US. His right-hand man Khan, a post-graduate in economics from Rohilkhand University, had lost his job to recession and needed the money to keep a live-in relationship going. Tomar, a post-graduate in economics, said he was a regional manager in an MNC and apparently had no need for the money.
The gang was inspired by Bunty, the daredevil thief who inspired a Bollywood film. Most members lived in south Delhi and stuck to familiar haunts to identify their targets, police said. DCP (south) H G S Dhaliwal said they had carried out two major dacoities in Amar Colony and Malviya Nagar in the past nine months. Khan usually planned the dacoities and was behind the car snatchings in Jamia Nagar and Sangam Vihar. "Khan had worked in the past 10 years at various MNCs.
But the recession led to a pay cut and later he was terminated from the job. However, he had developed a relationship with his colleague and by the time he was shown the door, he was in a live-in relationship. He took to crime to sponsor the relationship," Dhaliwal said.
Khan was earlier arrested in a robbery case in which he and the others looted Rs 1 lakh from an executive of Oxygen Company. Tomar, police said, apparently worked a regular job alongside his life of crime. "It's amazing he committed crimes even as he claims he goes to office and even attends lectures on retail management in Meerut," said a senior police officer.
Tomar's father owns two public schools in Baraut in UP and his wife is a government school teacher. Tomar told cops he was a regional sales manager with the ESSAR group. Others in the gang were Ravi Kumar whose father runs a store at Sangam Vihar, Rahul Pawar (20), Gagandeep (24) and Neeraj (22). Most accused are residents of East of Kailash, Jamia Nagar, Sarita Vihar and Jasola.
Cops say the gang had bought foreign-made revolvers and pistols. "At the time they were nabbed on Friday evening, riding two black Pulsars, the accused were carrying a Chinese-made revolver and a US-made pistol," said Dhaliwal. "The gang believed foreign weapons created fear among victims." The gang's most recent exploit was on January 19, at the residence of NRI Gurmukh Singh in Sant Nagar.
"They robbed Singh of his cash, Blackberry phone, laptop, wrist watch and gold rings. In the most blatant of strikes, they took him hostage and forcibly took his signature on his cheque book. They stayed back even as Singh's worker went to the bank and encashed the money," said Dhaliwal. The gang had earlier struck at a computer software firm in Malviya Nagar. "They snatched a Scorpio on December 27 from Sangam Vihar and another from Jamia Nagar on January 11," Dhaliwal said. Two cars and weapons were recovered.
Police arrested a biker gang of seven, led by the trio, on Friday when they were disposing of stolen SUVs in Sheikh Sarai in south Delhi.
Ringleader Sawez, an MBA from Amity University and son of a British High Commission official, wanted to follow his girlfriend in Virginia and settle in the US. His right-hand man Khan, a post-graduate in economics from Rohilkhand University, had lost his job to recession and needed the money to keep a live-in relationship going. Tomar, a post-graduate in economics, said he was a regional manager in an MNC and apparently had no need for the money.
The gang was inspired by Bunty, the daredevil thief who inspired a Bollywood film. Most members lived in south Delhi and stuck to familiar haunts to identify their targets, police said. DCP (south) H G S Dhaliwal said they had carried out two major dacoities in Amar Colony and Malviya Nagar in the past nine months. Khan usually planned the dacoities and was behind the car snatchings in Jamia Nagar and Sangam Vihar. "Khan had worked in the past 10 years at various MNCs.
But the recession led to a pay cut and later he was terminated from the job. However, he had developed a relationship with his colleague and by the time he was shown the door, he was in a live-in relationship. He took to crime to sponsor the relationship," Dhaliwal said.
Khan was earlier arrested in a robbery case in which he and the others looted Rs 1 lakh from an executive of Oxygen Company. Tomar, police said, apparently worked a regular job alongside his life of crime. "It's amazing he committed crimes even as he claims he goes to office and even attends lectures on retail management in Meerut," said a senior police officer.
Tomar's father owns two public schools in Baraut in UP and his wife is a government school teacher. Tomar told cops he was a regional sales manager with the ESSAR group. Others in the gang were Ravi Kumar whose father runs a store at Sangam Vihar, Rahul Pawar (20), Gagandeep (24) and Neeraj (22). Most accused are residents of East of Kailash, Jamia Nagar, Sarita Vihar and Jasola.
Cops say the gang had bought foreign-made revolvers and pistols. "At the time they were nabbed on Friday evening, riding two black Pulsars, the accused were carrying a Chinese-made revolver and a US-made pistol," said Dhaliwal. "The gang believed foreign weapons created fear among victims." The gang's most recent exploit was on January 19, at the residence of NRI Gurmukh Singh in Sant Nagar.
"They robbed Singh of his cash, Blackberry phone, laptop, wrist watch and gold rings. In the most blatant of strikes, they took him hostage and forcibly took his signature on his cheque book. They stayed back even as Singh's worker went to the bank and encashed the money," said Dhaliwal. The gang had earlier struck at a computer software firm in Malviya Nagar. "They snatched a Scorpio on December 27 from Sangam Vihar and another from Jamia Nagar on January 11," Dhaliwal said. Two cars and weapons were recovered.
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