1 more held with ₹15 lakh in 2021 multi-crore heist

Gurgaon: The special task force (STF) of Haryana Police has arrested another person in the multi-crore heist case, taking the total number of people arrested in the case so far to 20, police said on Monday.
The accused has been identified as Vikrant Sangwan (33) from Rohtak, who allegedly shifted the stolen money from one place to another.
According to STF officers, Sangwan was not involved in the burglary but had shifted the money from Gurgaon to Rohtak a few days after the crime took place on August 4, 2021. Sangwan allegedly transported the money from the city to Rohtak in a Toyota Fortuner.
“He was arrested on January 3, after which he was taken into remand for six days. On Tuesday, he will be presented before the court and sent to jail,” said an STF officer.
Cops have recovered Rs 15 lakh from Sangwan, who had been absconding after the crime came to light.
According to the police, Sangwan worked with two more accused — Sonu and Monu, who are absconding — in the gold business and had taken the money on the instructions of gangster Vikas Lagarpuria, the mastermind behind the heist.
Sangwan, along with Sonu and Monu, were planning to invest the money in their gold business in Dubai. But before that, Sangwan brought himself a Jaguar on EMIs with a down payment made from the heist money, cops said.
Sangwan is a BA passout and a native of Rohtak. Police said he is married with a son.
The STF were able to arrest Sangwan after they received a tip-off that he would be visiting home to meet his family in Rohtak, and was arrested from there on January 3.
“We have recovered Rs 15 lakh cash that he had kept at his house and his Jaguar car,” said an STF official.
Cash amounting to several crores was allegedly stolen from two apartments owned by the developer of a Sector 84 residential society in August 2021. Initially believed to be a theft of Rs 50 lakh, several crores of the stolen cash have been recovered so far, and the money trail unearthed by the special task force, which is investigating this, is believed to be around Rs 30 crore.