NEW DELHI: Five people, including a cab driver and a goldsmith, were arrested in Delhi for offering lifts to people and then looting their valuables, police said on Wednesday.
one of them, Vijay KumarThey said they used to offer rides to solo travelers to their destinations at a nominal cost and then rob them by traveling a short distance from the pick-up point.
Apart from Kumar, a resident of Mangolpuri, Shahnoor and Arif, both residents of Khajuri and goldsmiths Sunny Verma, and Sajid was also arrested, the police said.
He told that Verma and Sajid have been released for the time being.
Police said that on Friday, a call was received from Aruna Asaf Ali Hospital regarding Munna Lal, a resident of Sangam Vihar, an injured person. Red Told them that he had been robbed.
He said that on Friday he came to Kashmere Gate ISBT from Agra in Uttar Pradesh after attending a wedding ceremony and at around 8 pm while he was waiting for a bus to Khanpur, a car stopped and its driver gave him a lift. Offered. said.
A senior official said that two people were already sitting in the car and the driver told Lal that he would drop her to her destination for Rs 50.
The officer said Lal got into the car, but after 20 to 30 meters the driver stopped the vehicle and two more people sat on either side of the victim.
Near Geeta Colony flyover, the accused forcibly grabbed Lal and robbed him of his gold ring, mobile phone, bag, cash of Rs 3,000 and thrashed him, the official said.
When the complainant protested, one of the accused injured her with a knife and fled on Ring Road, police said.
During the investigation, the police identified the last four digits of the vehicle.
On Monday, police spotted the car near Nigam Bodh Ghat, Kashmere Gate and arrested Deputy Commissioner of Police (North) Sagar Kumar, Arif and Shahnoor. Singh Kalsi said.
The DCP said that at the behest of the accused, the police raided the Khajuri Khas area and recovered the victim’s gold ring and mobile phone from Verma and Sajid.
Kumar drives a cab while Sahnoor and Arif are unemployed.
The accused confessed that they used to target single passengers during the night to rob them.
Police said that he further confessed to committing such crimes at various places in Delhi.
While the car, a paper cutter, the victim’s mobile phone and gold ring and Rs 2,500 were recovered, police said efforts were on to nab her accomplice.
one of them, Vijay KumarThey said they used to offer rides to solo travelers to their destinations at a nominal cost and then rob them by traveling a short distance from the pick-up point.
Apart from Kumar, a resident of Mangolpuri, Shahnoor and Arif, both residents of Khajuri and goldsmiths Sunny Verma, and Sajid was also arrested, the police said.
He told that Verma and Sajid have been released for the time being.
Police said that on Friday, a call was received from Aruna Asaf Ali Hospital regarding Munna Lal, a resident of Sangam Vihar, an injured person. Red Told them that he had been robbed.
He said that on Friday he came to Kashmere Gate ISBT from Agra in Uttar Pradesh after attending a wedding ceremony and at around 8 pm while he was waiting for a bus to Khanpur, a car stopped and its driver gave him a lift. Offered. said.
A senior official said that two people were already sitting in the car and the driver told Lal that he would drop her to her destination for Rs 50.
The officer said Lal got into the car, but after 20 to 30 meters the driver stopped the vehicle and two more people sat on either side of the victim.
Near Geeta Colony flyover, the accused forcibly grabbed Lal and robbed him of his gold ring, mobile phone, bag, cash of Rs 3,000 and thrashed him, the official said.
When the complainant protested, one of the accused injured her with a knife and fled on Ring Road, police said.
During the investigation, the police identified the last four digits of the vehicle.
On Monday, police spotted the car near Nigam Bodh Ghat, Kashmere Gate and arrested Deputy Commissioner of Police (North) Sagar Kumar, Arif and Shahnoor. Singh Kalsi said.
The DCP said that at the behest of the accused, the police raided the Khajuri Khas area and recovered the victim’s gold ring and mobile phone from Verma and Sajid.
Kumar drives a cab while Sahnoor and Arif are unemployed.
The accused confessed that they used to target single passengers during the night to rob them.
Police said that he further confessed to committing such crimes at various places in Delhi.
While the car, a paper cutter, the victim’s mobile phone and gold ring and Rs 2,500 were recovered, police said efforts were on to nab her accomplice.
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