GHAZIABAD: Six men, who robbed a chemical-manufacturing factory in Alwar on November 25, were nabbed in Ghaziabad on Wednesday.Around 20kg of silver ingots were recovered from the gang upon arrest. The seventh member of the gang is still absconding.The factory, Rajdoot Organics, located in Khuskheda industrial area of Alwar belongs to one Naresh Agarwal. His complaint stated that the robbers escaped with around 70kg of silver from the factory. According to police sources, the robbery was planned by the gang’s kingpin, Mintu alias Bittu (32), in Bhiwadi jail of Rajasthan where he had been imprisoned last year in a case of loot. Mintu allegedly hatched the plan with one Raju, who was in jail at the time for his alleged involvement in a murder. Police sources said Mintu and Raju had met in Delhi in November following their release.Thereafter, Mintu formed a gang with five other men. They have been identified by cops as Deepak, Rohit, Anil, Mohit and Manish. “We also recovered Rs3.6 lakh cash from the men who had sold a portion of the loot to a jeweller in Meerut. The jeweller is also absconding. The men were successful in committing the robbery in their third attempt after conducting detailed recces of the area. They had gone to the factory in an Innova, scaled the boundary wall, took the worker hostage at gunpoint and escaped with the valuables,” said Sihani Gate SHO Sanjay Pandey.

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