Tuesday, July 13, 2021

6 held for robbing labourers from Gulf countries on pretext of providing Covid negative report

New Delhi: Six men have been arrested in central Delhi for allegedly robbing labourers coming from the Gulf countries on the pretext of providing a COVID-19 negative report for their train travel, police said on Monday.

The accused have been identified as Vijay Bhan Pandey (41), Deepak (40), Sanjeev Kumar (41), Harish Singh (35), Raju Shah (46) and Sunder (37), they said.

The accused told the victims that to travel by train, they need a fresh COVID-19 negative report and the one provided by the Delhi airport was not valid, police said.

Complainant Mohammad Wahi Vasi was working as a labourer in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia since 2018. On Friday, he, along with four others, returned to India to visit his hometown in West Bengal. The flight landed at the Delhi airport, from where they reached the New Delhi Railway Station, a senior police officer said.

On the intervening night of Friday and Saturday at the railway station, they were approached by a man who told them that to travel by train, they require a COVID-19 negative report, however, Vasi said that they already have one provided by the Delhi airport, he said.

The accused told the victims that the report provided by the Delhi airport was not valid to travel from train and they will require a fresh one.

The victims were then taken to an office at Paharganj where they were informed that their reports will be ready by next day.

12/07/21 PTI/Outlook

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