Man held for concocting false robbery story

New Delhi, January 22

Hemant Rao (41), a resident of New Ushmanpur, was arrested for allegedly concocting a false story about robbery of Rs 18 lakh here, police said Tuesday.

On Monday, police received a call regarding a robbery of Rs 18 lakh at gunpoint at Shakarpur area, police said.

The statement of complainant Rao’s  employer said that Rao was his collection agent and had collected approximately Rs 18 lakh in two days. He further stated that on Monday at around 2 pm, he received a call from Rao that three unknown persons had robbed him at gunpoint.

When police questioned Rao, he kept changing his version and later disclosed that he wanted to confiscate the collected money and concoct a false story of robbery, a senior police officer said. — PTI