Six-member gang active on Yamuna Expressway in Mathura, deflates tyres to loot commuters

Two persons were robbed by a six-member gang in separate incidents on Yamuna Expressway in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district, police said on Thursday.

The gang had placed sharp objects on the expressway in a bid to deflate the tyres of vehicles passing through it.

On Wednesday, Vikram Gupta and Prateek Shukla became the victims of the gang. When they stopped their vehicles after a flat tyre, the robbers decamped with the valuables and cash kept in the vehicles, the police said.

Four police teams are looking for the suspects, said DIG/SSP Shalabh Mathur.

Superintendent of Police (Crime) Radhey Shyam Rai said Gupta was robbed first and he lost Rs 8,000 cash, a wrist watch, two mobile phones. He was going to Agra from Delhi in his car.

Later, the same gang robbed Shukla of Rs 13,000 cash and a mobile phone. Shukla was on his way to Kanpur from Noida, the SP said.