Five women have been arrested for allegedly being involved in several cases of theft inside the Delhi Metro, police said on Sunday. Police said that they have recovered one gold chain, one pair earring, one nose pin, Rs 4,400 cash, I/card Aadhaar card of complainants and a purse.
Pankaj Singh, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Delhi Metro), said, "On August 30, a woman approached the Raja Garden Metro Police Station and stated that she along with her mother took metro train from Kashmere Gate Metro Station to Patel Nagar Metro Station. When they reached Rajiv Chowk Metro Stations and were heading towards the escalators, some women came and started pushing them and opened chain of her hand bag and stolen their articles. Accordingly, a case under relevant Section of theft was registered and investigation was taken up. Subsequently, a team was constituted under the supervision of Inspector Dinesh Kumar. The team developed intelligence and scrutinised the CCTV footage of the metro stations and zeroed on this gang.
After identification of the gang, the police team arrested all five lady thieves from Shadi Pur flyover, near Kathputli Colony, Shadipur Delhi on Saturday and solved 6 cases of pick-pocketing/theft in Delhi Metro and recovered the stolen articles, purse jewellery and cash."
"During interrogation, it was found that all gang members are active in pick-pocketing in Delhi Metro as well as in public transport buses. In-depth interrogation disclosed that total 6 cases of pick pocketing have been worked out," added the DCP.