GHAZIABAD: A 23-year-old engineering student was arrested on Monday for allegedly pocketing his father’s Rs 4 lakh after registering a false robbery complaint with police. The accused, Shivam , a third-year civil engineering student at a private university in Noida, has told police that he wanted to open a gym with the money.The police had registered an FIR pertaining to robbery at Loni police station on September 8 on the basis of Shivam’s complaint. He had alleged that the robbery took place on the afternoon of September 8 when he was transporting Rs 4 lakh in a Fortuner SUV from his uncle Ramveer Singh in Sikrani village of Loni to his home in Bishanpura in Noida.Later the police seized the entire amount from Shivam.Shivam’s father, Shyam Mavi , has a property business. Sources said the family has rented out several buildings in Noida. As per Shivam’s complaint, three men on a motorcycle overtook his SUV near a canal on Sikrauni-Chiraudi road in Loni and signalled him to stop saying he had a deflated tyre. When Shivam got down from the vehicle, these men were joined by four others who thrashed him. The men drove away with his SUV and abandoned it on the road around a kilometre ahead. Shivam told police that he found the cash missing from the dashboard when he found the SUV.“There were several inconsistencies in what Shivam said and he spilled the beans on sustained questioning. Shivam had called a friend, Mohit, to Banthala where he had handed him over the cash asking him to deliver it to another friend, Rahul. Shivam had later collected the money from Rahul with which he wanted to start a gym. His father had refused to give him money for starting business. However, his friends did not have any role in the conspiracy” said SSP Vaibhav Krishna.

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