Two men arrested for robbing cab drivers

Two men, who targeted cab drivers and rob them were arrested from Dwarka's Chhawala area, police said on Tuesday.

The accused have been identified as Kuldeep (35) and Devender (24) both residents of Paprawat Village in New Delhi.

The duo used to play drums at functions to earn their livelihood, they said.

Ravi (27), a cab driver, told the police that two men had booked his cab on Monday at around 11:32 PM from Najafgarh to Paprawat Village.

During the ride, the accused took his mobile phone to make a call.

They then started thrashing him and fled with his car, mobile phone and wallet after dropping him at an isolated place.

Ravi called his friends from the mobile of a passerby.

Later, he traced the location of his car in Sarika Vihar in Munirka Kunj. He reached there, along with his friends and informed the police.

A wallet was found in the cab belonging to one Nasiruddin, a resident of Qutab Vihar, Phase-1.

It was found that Nasiruddin, also a cab driver, had filed a case about two men robbing him off his wallet and mobile when his cab tyre got punctured in the Najafgarh area on Monday at around 9.30 PM, said Anto Alphonse, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Dwarka).

During investigation, police analysed the CCTV footage and identified the suspects as residents of Brij Vihar colony in Paprawat and after laying a trap, nabbed them, he said.

During interrogation, both the accused said they first robbed the wallet and mobile phone of a cab driver, who was changing the tyre of his car in Najafgarh.

Later, they booked a cab from Najafgarh to Paprawat and robbed its driver.

Three mobile phones, one car and one wallet were recovered from their possession, they said.