A four-member gang including two women were nabbed by police who had robbed an Eicher truck, a mobile phone and Rs 6,000 by throwing chili powder in victim’s eyes on August 2 near a hotel in Shivpuri said SDOP GD Sharma while speaking with the media persons on Tuesday.
On the day of the incident the victim Radheshyam was on his way to deliver the vehicle to agency when the accused including two women and a child took lift but later they robbed him at gun point and escaped with the vehicle, one mobile phone and cash with the victim. At around 2.30 in the night when they reached near Khalsa hotel one of the accused threw chili powder in victim’s eyes while another kept country made pistol on his temple and other took on the driving seat. The gang after few kilometers dropped the victim and escaped the spot. In the initial investigation the vehicle was found at Gwalior road which was abandoned by the miscreants. Based on the complaint lodged by the victim the police registered a case under section 392 of the IPC and started investigation and later succeeded to nab the miscreants. During the investigation based on the mobile phone location police traced the miscreants and later the accused confessed the crime.
The belongings robbed from the victim were recovered by the police. The accused were identified as Babu Jha(18), Pawan Singh(23), Sunita Singh (45) and Aarti Pal (25). Crime record of the gang would be investigated.