A crime branch team of the Gurugram police has arrested six accused, including two women, for robbing a man on the pretext of providing a call girl, police said.
According to the police, on Saturday a resident of Delhi filed a police complaint at the Sector-29 police station that he had booked a room in a hotel in Chakarpur, Gurugram.
During the night, he found an online number and contacted the number through WhatsApp to provide a call girl.
“After some time, a car came near the hotel, and he sat in that car.
“As soon as he sat in the car, the people sitting in the car asked for money from him. When he refused, they beat him up,” the complainant told the police.
The complainant told the police the suspects included two women.
They beat him up, took his mobile phone, and transferred Rs 59,500 online, and then they left him and ran away.
On this complaint, a case was registered under the relevant sections in Sector-29 police station, Gurugram.
During the investigation in the case, the police team of Crime Branch Sector-43, Gurugram, took action and arrested 06 accused in the case from Sector-39, Gurugram, on Saturday, it was learnt.
The Police identified the arrested accused as Muskan of Uttarakhand, Lalita of Uttar Pradesh, and Saurabh Arora, Pradeep Meena, Sonu Chaudhary, and Jaiprakash Sharma, all from Rajasthan.
“On examining the criminal records of the accused, it was found that a case has been registered against Pradeep in Gurugram in connection with robbery. One car and one knife used in the crime have been recovered from the possession of the accused,” Sandeep Kumar, spokesperson of the Gurugram police, said.
The Gurugram Police said that the arrested accused will be produced in the court and taken on police custody remand for further interrogation and recovery. Further action is being taken in the case as per rules, the spokesman said.