An attempt to murder case, 11 cases of adulteration and four cases of cheating are among the 25 cases registered against Amritpal Singh, the owner of the building, who was arrested in New Delhi last night.
The owner of the building that collapsed in east Delhi's Lalita Park has 25 criminal cases registered against him, including on the charge of attempt to murder and adulteration of building material, the police said today.
An attempt to murder case, 11 cases of adulteration and four cases of cheating are among the 25 cases registered against Amritpal Singh, the owner of the building, who was arrested in New Delhi last night.
"It came to our notice that the accused is a seasoned criminal and has history of criminal involvement including adulteration of building materials and cement. He has more than 25 criminal cases against him," IB Rani, addditional DCP (East), said.
Soon after the building collapse on Monday night, Singh had fled from his house in Lalita Park area with his family and hid himself at his sister-in-law's residence in Geeta Colony.
"Singh could not be traced at his house and most of his relatives were not available at their residences. The task become more difficult as Singh stopped contacting his friends and relatives," said Rani.
However, last evening based on an input police managed to track Singh to Geeta Colony. "He was planning to leave Delhi for an undisclosed destination. We managed to catch him almost at the last minute," a senior police official said.
Singh told police that he was born in Jalandhar in Punjab in 1956 and came to Muradabad in 1966. Seven years later, his family came to Delhi and purchased a house in Ramesh Park.
Initially, his family opened a grocery shop in the same house and allegedly started selling illicit liquor from that grocery shop and was arrested many times.
Later, he also allegedly started selling adulterated cement bags in Delhi and NCR. Eleven cases under Essential Commodities Act were also registered against him.
It was in 1997 that he came in contact with highway robbers of Uttar Pradesh and started buying robbed articles and goods and selling them in open market. He was arrested at least 20 times in cases of hurt, attempt to murder, robbery and dacoities within and outside Delhi.
The first case -- causing hurt -- date backs to 1976, when he was just 20 years old while the attempt to murder case was registered in 1983. A case under the Arms Act was registered in 1986 while three cases of robbery and dacoity were registered in 2003.
A Delhi court remanded Singh in two days police custody saying custodial interrogation of the accused was necessary for the recovery of the ownership documents of the building.
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