2 held for burglaries, carjacking; two cars, two countrymade pistols seized

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Delhi Police has arrested two persons who were previously involved in cases of robberies, carjacking and Arms Act. Deputy Commissioner of Police, South-West district, Surender Kumar said the arrested accused have been identified as Rahul(21) and Sachin (22).

"The accused were arrested on Friday and one Verna Car, one Swift Dzire Car, two countrymade pistols with four live cartridges and a gold chain have been recovered from their possession," said the DCP.

“On the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday, two incidents of carjackings on gun point were reported in the area of Najafgarh and Dwarka,” the DCP further added.

"The first incident was reported in Najafgarh. Raju, a taxi driver, reported to police that when he reached Najafgarh from Gurgaon in his Swift Dzire taxi and dropped the passengers, he was overpowered by two man on gun point and bundled into his car after they snatched his car keys," the police official said, adding, "The criminals took the car to Dwarka area and intercepted a white Verna car by blocking their way with the Swift Dzire. The offenders left the Swift Dzire and took out the owner of the Verna car Satvinder Singh, snatched his gold chain and at gun point and then sped away with his car."

On June 29, police team received information from their sources that carjackers who are involved in Najafgarh and Dwarka are planning another robbery. As a result police teams were briefed with the details and a trap was laid for the same near an MCD School.

 At 7.40 pm a white Verna was noticed coming from Jhatikara side, police teams signaled them to stop but they run away, lost control and skidded onto side strips.

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