A 56-year-old woman died after falling off an e-rickshaw when three scooter-borne men snatched her purse in northwest Delhi's Prashant Vihar area.
According to police, Sumitra Mittal was travelling in an e-rickshaw in Rohini's Sector-14 in Prashant Vihar Police Station limits when three persons on the scooter snatched her purse.
In the process, she fell from the e-rickshaw, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Rohini) Pranav Tayal said.
She was admitted with injury in head to Bhagwati Hospital near Bharat Apartments, Rohini Sector-13, where she succumbed around 12 pm, the police said. A case under sections 397 (robbery, or dacoity, with attempt to cause death or grievous hurt) and 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code has been registered in Prashant Vihar Police Station, Tayal said.
A total of 15 teams were formed to identify and trace the accused. Police checked the CCTV footage of the area and the three offenders were identified Raju and Rohan, both residents of Rohini Sector-18, and Rahul, a resident of Badli. The scooty used in the crime was found stolen from Badli area, Tayal said.
After identification of the accused, traps were laid and they were apprehended. The house keys and Rs 200 which were in the purse of the victim have been recovered, the DCP said.