Four people, including two women were arrested for robbing passengers on the pretext of giving them lift in their vehicle from IFFCO Chowk on Delhi-Gurugram Expressway.
The accused, who were arrested on Sunday, have been identified as Gaurav, a resident Kapashera in Delhi, Akshay of Bhojpur district in Bihar and two women, one of whom hails from Meerut in Uttar Pradesh and other is from Gurugram itself. They were also involved in several other incidents of robbery in Haryana and Rajasthan, police said.
Police have recovered Rs 20,000 from their possession. The recovery of a Wagon-R car in which they committed the crime is still pending. Police claimed that with the arrest of this gang, three cases registered in the millennium city have been solved. One of the woman has served two-time jail terms in the past, police said.
During the investigation, the culprits revealed that they robbed the passengers who travelled alone. They usually targeted the victims near Iffco Chowk. They used to sit in the car together and drive towards DlF and robbed people along the way and when they tried to raise an alarm, they used to beat the victims.
“On the basis of secret information, we have arrested the gang members. Further probe is underway as they have revealed that one of their gang members is still at large. The police teams are looking for the absconding accused”, said Inspector Narender Chauhan, the investigation officer (IO).