The North District Police busted a gang of robbers who induce people as auto drivers and robbed them at isolated place near Kashmere Gate. They have been identified as Gulsan, Monu, Rahul Sharma, Nitin Kashyap and Sharukh. They used to forcefully over power the passengers and rob them in the autorickshaw.
On April 9 at around 9:30pm, Mitesh Kumar reported that he was robbed by men in an auto rickshaw when he came out from Gate No. 6 Kashmere Gate metro station. He hired the auto for his residence at Khajuri Khas. Apart from the auto driver two other passengers were seated in the auto and two more joined in later.
When they reached near Shastri Park crossing, they all grabbed him and robbed his two mobile phones and rupees 250 from his wallet. When the auto halted near Sarai Kale Khan he escaped and reached home by bus. He then called the PCR n made a complainant. A similar incident also took place with another individual when he got out from the same gate and caught the auto.
A team was formed and on specific information, a trap was laid down and the robbers were apprehended
with the auto rickshaw
bearing number Dl 1Rl 6765 (used in the commission of crime) near GPO, Kashmere Gate. The robbed mobile phones and the money was recovered.