Seven held for robbery at Cadbury dealer’s office

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: The police have arrested seven muggers in connection with a robbery at a Cadbury dealer’s outlet in Nagarbhavi a week ago.

The police are in the process of parading the accused in front of all the eight victims as part of the identification parade. The accused had barged into the dealer’s office in Annapoorneshwarinagar and robbed seven people, after assaulting them. The injured seven are undergoing treatment.

The incident had happened on December 20 and two days later the police had arrested one of the accused.

His statements led to the arrest of the other gang members on Friday. The police have recovered Rs 80,000 in cash, three mobile phones, four two-wheelers and lethal weapons from the gang.

The incident happened between 6.40 pm and 6.50 pm at Vasudha Agency on the 5h A Cross, in BDA Layout 9th block in Nagarbhavi.

The outlet owner, T.E. Kedaranath, a resident of Banashankari 2nd stage, had filed a police complaint in this regard. Kedaranath was the first to be attacked by the accused.

The injured six have been identified as Manju, Jeevan, Adarsh, Raju, Vinay and Rajendra. Adarsh and Rajendra were not employees of the outlet and had come there to repair a CCTV camera. The incident happened when the repair work was going on.

The unidentified robbers barged inside the office and closed the doors. The gang escaped with Rs 6.5 lakh in cash that was kept in the iron almirah in the agency. The gang also robbed the seven people of their cash and mobile phones.

Along with dealership for Cadbury chocolates, Kedaranath was also supplying a reputed spices brand to shops across South Bengaluru.

A case of dacoity (IPC 395) and use of deadly weapons by causing grievous hurt to victims at the time of committing dacoity (IPC 397) has been registered by the Annapoorneshwarinagar police. Further investigations are on.