Three women held for robbing war veteran in Delhi's Hauz Khas

Three women were arrested on Friday from south Delhi for allegedly robbing a 1971 war veteran of Rs 40,000 inside an ATM kiosk last week, police said.

The accused are natives of Rajgarh district in Madhya Pradesh, they said.

On October 3, a 76-year-old resident of Hauz Khas had lodged a complaint stating that he found out that Rs 40,000 had been stolen from his pocket while he was withdrawing money from the ATM, the police said.

According to police, two women had barged into the ATM while he was withdrawing the money.

In his statement, the man had said, "I asked the two women to wait and stay out, but they didn't listen and entered the ATM. There was no guard available to help me and stop them. I was helpless thinking that I cannot do anything more (them being women) to keep them outside and continued with my ATM transaction."