With the arrest of four men, the Delhi Police on Monday claimed to have busted a ‘Gang of Highway robbers’ active in national Capital and its neighbouring states. Police said they have also recovered two country-made pistols along with seven cartridges and a car, used in the commission of crime, from the possession of the accused.
The accused have been identified as Raju (40), a resident of Etah District of Uttar Pradesh (UP), Rinku (32), a resident of Alipur (UP), Anand Soni(28), a resident of Rewari district Haryana and Lalit Tyagi(30), a resident of Baghpat (UP). Police said the accused are also found involved in more than 35 such cases registered across the city and its peripherals.
According to Pramod Singh Kushwah, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Special Cell, on January 31 specific inputs were received that Raju, the kingpin of the gang and Sanjay along with their accomplices would come near subway of Ring Road, Dhaula Kuan, in the night.
“Acting on the inputs, a trap was laid and four members of the gang were nabbed,” DCP added. “During interrogation it was revealed that the gang committed highway robberies in Delhi and NCR at gun point by luring gullible passengers to sit in their car on the pretext of dropping them at their destination,” said the DCP. “The kingpin of the gang, Raju told police that he used to be on the wheels while his associates sat on the rear seat of the car, posing as passengers, in order to lure their targets mostly in late night or early morning hours,” he added. “The gang used to rob victims of their cash, jewellery, debit or credit cards, mobile phones etc on gunpoint and later dump the victims at isolated places. Raju and Rinku are found involved in more than six and eight cases registered in city. The members of the gang used to operate from rented houses located in Loni, UP,” said the DCP.