Nine of a robbery gang arrested

Nine members of a gang involved in robberies at several districts of Uttar Pradesh, and the NCR were arrested from Noorpur area here, police said.
The accused -- Wasim, Rafiq, Kamil, Ahsaan, Irfan, Rinku Pandit, Rashid and Zuber are history sheeters and several cases of dacoity and loot are registered against them in different police stations, SP Ajai Kumar Sahni said yesterday.
The criminals were arrested on Saturday night by a police team. Four pistols, three of them country-made, 1 knife, 23 live cartridges, and a large amount of cash and valuables were recovered from their possession, he said.
Sahni said that during interrogation, the accused revealed that they carried out thefts in the area and the NCR recently.