The Delhi Police on Sunday claimed to have busted a gang involved in car-jacking and several cases of vehicle theft in south Delhi.
Five members of the gang, all in their teens, were arrested and a juvenile in conflict with law apprehended for their alleged involvement in three such cases, the police said. They targeted Gurugram-bound passengers near the inter-city border, because of which many crimes remained unreported, said the police.
Making off with taxi
Four of the five arrested were allegedly involved in a recent incident where an Ola cab driver was abducted after he was asked for a lift. A senior police officer said the accused thrashed the victim and then pushed him out of the moving vehicle at Mahipalpur before driving away in his vehicle on December 28.
“The victim, Nizam, approached the Vasant Kunj (south) police with a complaint that his cab had been robbed while returning to Gurugram after dropping off a passenger in Lajpat Nagar. Five persons had requested him to drop them till Gurugram. However, he realised on the way that they had other motives,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police (south) Ishwar Singh.
Robbed of belongings
Nizam also alleged that the five snatched his mobile phone and wallet containing ₹600, his driving licence, voter ID card and other documents. They then allegedly threw him out of the car in a jungle at Rajokari Pahari. A case was registered and investigation started.
Mr. Singh said the five accused were caught after investigators examined CCTV footage from the routes they had taken while committing the crime.
Distinct dialect
“We got another clue from the victim’s statement — that the accused were speaking a dialect of Hindi spoken by those from eastern Uttar Pradesh or Bihar. We relied on local intelligence to arrest them. They were identified as Sagar alias Shital (19), Kishan Kumar Singh (19), Kanhaiya alias Kana (18) and Rahul Kumar Singh (19). All four are school dropouts and residents of Rangpuri Pahari and Mahipalpur near Vasant Kunj,” said Mr. Singh.
“Sagar was the first to be arrested. Questioning him led to the arrest of the other three. The juvenile was also caught after their interrogation,” added the officer.
