New Delhi May 27 (IANS) Three members of a gang who would lure bikers by putting on the guise of loose women at night and rob them have been arrested police said here on Saturday.
Posing as prostitutes two-three members of the gang would stand along the road at night and when bikers stopped they would rob them a senior police officer told IANS.
They used to not just rob people stopping their vehicles but also thrashed anyone resisting them he added.
The gang used to operate in Wazirabad-Khajuri Khas Chowk stretch and Yamuna Pushta road in north-east Delhi.
Police has worked out 12 cases (after their arrest) and has recovered six mobile phones and a motorcycle Deputy Commissioner of Police A.K. Singla said.
The arrested have been identified as Vinay 22 Abhishek 23 and Arjun 19 -- all residents of Delhi.
On Friday the accused were trying to sell stolen mobile phones in Shastri Park area when police noticed them.
When the accused realised that policemen were watching them they tried to flee the spot on a motorcycle but they were arrested after a long chase.
Police said that the accused had admitted to have carried out about a dozen robberies in the area.
Police are on the hunt for five more members of the gang.
--IANS
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3 robbers of women-at-night gang arrested in Delhi
