With the arrest of two persons identified as Deepak (30) and Shivam (24) and one juvenile, the Delhi Police has busted a gang of robbers and solved three cases. The trio was caught by patrolling staff at Okhla Sabzi Mandi on Tuesday, police said.
According to police, on Tuesday, at about 6 pm, police staff patrolling at Okhla Subzi Mandi heard someone yelling “chor-chor”, police team saw three men running and immediately started chasing them. After a short chase, the accused persons were caught.
“In the meantime, complainant Jai kishan (24) arrived at the spot and he stated that three persons had robbed him of his mobile phone. On the search of accused persons, robbed mobile phone of victim was recovered. A case was registered at Amar colony police station both the accused persons were arrested and the juvenile apprehended,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southeast) Chinmoy Biswal stated.
“During sustained interrogation, Deepak disclosed that he and his associates are addicted to liquor and ganja. They used to target persons working as labourers in Okhla Subzi Mandi and Industrial area. They used to threaten the victim and rob and steal their mobile phones or cash. And sell it to passersby at cheap rates,” said the DCP.