3 held for drugging and robbing

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Sep 19 2013 | 10:01 PM IST
Three persons have been arrested for allegedly robbing people after offering them eatables laced with drug, police said today.
Ravi Saxena (29), Pappy Gupta (26) and Ashok Jagye (31) were arrested in connection with one such case reported in March this year, said police.
On March 13, police had found two persons lying unconscious in a car in front of East Park in Desh Bandhu Gupta road area and sent them to a nearby hospital. The victims were identified as Moti Ram Bhardwaj and Surender Sharma, both residents of Najafgarh.
Bhardwaj told the police that they had been cheated by two persons of Rs 37,200 two gold rings, one diamond ring and two cell phones, said police.
Bhardwaj in his complaint said that responding to a matrimonial advertisement for his son, one person contacted him and asked him to come to his house for the purpose. Bhardwaj, along with his brother-in-law, had gone to Karol Bagh where they were received by two persons near the metro station.
He was asked to park his car in the parking at Naiwalan, Karol Bagh, as the car could not be be parked in the street. They were offered cold drink in glasses already containing sedatives.
After consuming the cold drink, they became unconscious and woke up later to find themselves in hospital. Their belongings were missing, said police.
"During interrogation, the arrested persons confessed to their crime and admitted they had used similar modus operandi to rob people after drugging them. At their instance, Ashok Jagye was apprehended from Narela", said Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central)Alok Kumar said.
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First Published: Sep 19 2013 | 10:01 PM IST

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