22.5 Crore Cash Van Misappropriation Worked Out within 12 Hours with Complete Recovery

With the arrest of Pradeep Shukla S/o Raj Narayan Shukla r/o H.No. 1882, Jagram Mandir, Kotla Mubarakpur, New Delhi the biggest misappropriation ever from a cash van in the history of Delhi Police has been worked out by the team of South-East District.

On 26.11.2015 a PCR call at 5:48 pm was received at P.S. Okhla Industrial Area regarding theft of cash from the Cash Van. After receiving this call/information ACP/Kalkaji along with SHO/OIA reached at the place of incident i.e. Near Govind Puri Metro Station , Maa Anand Mai Marg. In the  meantime senior officers also reached at the place of incident. The Cash Delivery Van bearing No. DL-1LK-9189 was found parked there but no cash was found inside the Van. Local enquiry was conducted into the matter and one Dinesh Kumar was examined who gave his written complaint stating therein that he is working Branch Manager in SIS Cash Services which is engaged in the business of depositing cash in Private as well Govt. ATMs. On 26/11/2015 cash van bearing No. DL1LK-9189 driven by Pradeep Kumar Shukla from B-26 Okhla Phase-1 along with Gunman Vinay Kumar Patel left from Vikaspuri collecting nine boxes containing Rs. 22,50,00,000/- for their Okhla office.  At about 3.41 Gunman Vinay Kumar Patel de-boarded the Van for attending natures call and during this period Pardeep Kumar Shukla fled with vehicle No. DL-1LK-9189 containing cash from there. When the Gunman Vinay Kumar called him over his phone, he made an excuse that Traffic police is not allowing him to park and after sometime the driver switched off his mobile phone. Gunman Vinay Kumar reached at his Okhla office at about 4.30 PM and narrated the incident to the Branch Incharge Anand Kumar. After searching they found the abandoned cash van near Govind Puri Metro Station and the police was informed.

Accused PERSON:   Pradeep Kumar Shukla S/o Sh. Raj Narayan Shukla, R/o H.No.1882, Jagram Mandir, Kotla Mubarakpur, New Delhi. 

                                 

Keeping in view of the gravity of the offence, a special team consisting of Sh. Jasbir Singh ACP/Kalkaji, Shri Ashok Saroha ACP/Operations, Inspr. Naresh Solanki SHO/Okhla Indl. Area, Inspr. Naresh Kumar, Inspr. Spl. Staff/SED, Inspr. Arvind Kumar SHO/Amar Colony, Inspr. Maninder SHO/Sarita Vihar, Inspr. Mukesh Kumar, Inspr. AATS, SI Manmeet Malik, SI Gurjeet, SI Sanjeev , SI Rajender Dagar, SI Jitender Malik, HC Jitender, Ct. Narender Malik was constituted under the supervision of Shri Vijay Kumar Addl. DCP-I/SE & Shri Pranav Tayal Addl. DCP-II/SE under overall supervision of the undersigned.

During the course of investigation, address of accused Pardeep was found as H. No. 1882, Jagram Mandir, Kotla Mubarakpur, New Delhi. Raids were conducted at the given address and it was found that he was not living at this address. During further investigation it was found that his Permanent Address is Lehsani, Bhawnoli, PS-Nagra, Post-Lehsani, Distt.-Balia, UP. His wife’s address was found as Village-Itora, Distt.-Mau, UP. Several teams were sent to conduct raids at his native place and relatives and other possible hideouts. Secret teams were deployed to keep vigil over the known and relatives of the accused.

The entire area where vehicle was found was thoroughly searched. Considering the fact that such a big amount and huge boxes could not be carried too fast and too far away, the whole area was combed. During such search operation and based on human input, a raid was conducted at a godown in the area of Okhla Industrial Area and the accused was found alongwith the case property at the spot where he was planning to run away with cash.

RECOVERY:

·         Case property i.e. 9 boxes containing amount approx. Rs. 22,50,00,000/- along with Cash Van bearing No. DL-1LK-9189.

DETAILS OF THE ACCUSED:

            Pradeep Kumar Shukla s/o Sh. Raj Narayan Shukla r/o H. No. 1882 Jagram Mandir, Kotla Mubarak Pur, New Delhi.