With the arrest of five persons, police on Tuesday claimed to have busted a gang which used to allegedly rob commuters with the help of a call centre cab driver.
The alleged gang leader, Dinesh Kumar, after dropping the call centre employees, used to pick up commuters to Gurgaon. His other gang members posed as co-passengers.
"They used to rob people in areas in south Delhi, including AIIMS, Ashram Chowk, Sarai Kale Khan, Lajpat Nagar, and allegedly committed as many as 22 robberies in a short span," Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime Branch) Ravindra Yadav said.
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The commuters were robbed of cash and other valuables and dropped at secluded places in Noida, the Delhi-Noida-Delhi Flyover and Tuglaqhabad Fort areas.
All the members of the gang were arrested from Delhi-NCR region in the last two days, police said.
