False molestation claim used to loot cash, iPhones; five arrested

The Delhi Police have arrested five individuals, including three women from Jammu and Kashmir, for allegedly orchestrating a daring dacoity by falsely accusing a man of molestation to facilitate the crime.

- PRAJYOT DEOGHARE

‘The alleged mastermind, identified as Parvez, remains absconding.

The case was registered at Timar Pur Police Station under Section 310(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita following a complaint by Ramesh Lal (39), a resident of Jammu. Lal, who works at a mobile phone shop named “Gadget Galaxy” in Jammu, told police he was travelling to Delhi by private bus on the intervening night of February 16 and 17 for business purposes.