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A group allegedly robbed a man of Rs 3.20 crore in Delhi by posing as government officials working at the Enforcement Directorate. The incident took place on Friday night in Baba Haridas Nagar when the accused entered the complainant’s house and looted the money at gunpoint. Police have arrested the accused and also recovered an amount of Rs 1.27 crore from them. 

Police said the accused brandished a pistol and threatened the complainant to hand over the money, which he received after selling his property, alleging that the entire amount was hawala money.  

A senior police official said that they got a PCR call on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday. The complaint stated that at around 8 pm on Friday he was standing on the road near his home when a white Swift car stopped near him. Three persons came out and asked him to sit in the car saying that they were from the ED department and took money from them.

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"The accused later took Ravi to home where they took the box containing ₹ 3.20 crore. They also snatched his and his mother's mobile phones. The accused then fled the spot along with Ravi whom they dropped near a petrol pump. He then made a call to police," the official added as reported by news agency PTI.

Police said that after an investigation they arrested an accused, identified as Amit and recovered Rs 70 lakh cash, a pistol and an i10 car, which were used in the crime. After interrogation, two more accused Rohit and Manish were also arrested and police recovered more money.

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A total of Rs 1.27 crore has been recovered so far. Raids are being conducted in Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh by several police teams to arrest other accused.