Five members of a highway-robbers gang were arrested for allegedly looting groceries worth Rs 30 lakh from a truck on the outer ring road in northwest Delhi's Madhuban Chowk area, police said today.
Yadram, Raj Kumar, Gaffar Ali, Brijpal and Gajender were caught from Okhla Industrial Area in Tughlaqabad by a team of Crime Branch while trying to dispose of the looted goods, said Ravindra Yadav, Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime Branch).
They had looted the truck loaded with teabags, fruit jellies and other grocery items worth Rs 30 lakh by blocking it with a car and a delivery van in the wee hours of July 12.
A case was registered under relevant provisions of the IPC in this connection at the Maurya Enclave police station.
The gang was also involved in similar robberies involving goods trucks plying in Ghaziabad and Hapur, the officer added.
