The Delhi Police has arrested three men while two juveniles were apprehended in national Capital for allegedly robbing a cab driver of his belongings including his vehicle to visit Murthal to have the famous parathas for dinner.
The accused have been identified as Pankaj (19), Sagar (20) and Abhijeet (19), all residents of Nangloi in outer Delhi. Police said that their trip to Murthal was unfortunately cut short after a quarrel broke out between the group over the place of visit.
“After beating up the cab driver and robbing his vehicle, an argument broke out between them. While some of them wanted to go for a trip to Shimla others wanted to stick to their earlier plan of visiting Murthal but finally, they all ended up visiting an eatery in Paschim Vihar and collected eatables and spent the time in car,” said A Kaon, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Outer district.
“On August 30, the accused had booked the cab via an app through a stolen phone and when the vehicle reached its pick up destination in Krishna Mandir, Najafgarh road, Nangloi, the accused confirmed the OTP to the cab driver and boarded the vehicle. But when they reached near Rajdhani Park, the five accused who were riding in his vehicle started beating the cab driver and finally after overpowering him, they robbed his two mobile phones, purse and car and later threw him out of the vehicle,” said the DCP.
“A case of robbery was registered at Nangloi police station and an investigation was taken up. During investigation on the basis of intelligence, accused Sagar and Pankaj were arrested. Both accused confessed the crime and disclosed the names of three associates,” said the Deputy Commissioner of Police .
“Subsequently, their co-accused Abhijeet was also arrested while two juveniles involved with them in the offence were also apprehended. Police have also recovered the robbed car from a secluded spot in Nihal Vihar area where they had parked the car after the robbery,” the Deputy Commissioner of Police added.