Five persons have been arrested for allegedly shooting at a 19-year-old girl and stealing electronics worth lakhs of rupees last week in south Delhi's Moti Bagh, police said today.
Rohit (25), Anil (24), Shivam (21), Sharwan (26) and Bobby (19) were arrested yesterday. Three more members of the gang are still at large, Joint Commissioner (southeast range) R A Krishnia said.
Rohit is the leader of the gang and has around 60 cases registered against him in Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. The gang used to come from Ghaziabad and target only big shops and showrooms at night, police said.
In Delhi, the gang was mostly active in CR Park, Lodhi Colony, Lajpat Nagar, Mehrauli and South campus areas, all in the southern part of the city, and has at least 27 cases registered against them, they said.
The police have recovered six Honda City cars from their possession.
In the wee hours of March 19, the gang targeted an electronic appliance showroom in Moti Bagh. While they were about to make away with the loot, a family living in the neighbourhood woke up.
When the teenager, a member of the family, approached towards the showroom to check, Rohit allegedly fired two rounds at her and fled.
"A day after the incident, some members of the gang went to the area to take stock of the situation. When they assumed that there was no threat to them, they resumed their business and was allegedly involved in a failed attempt to steal an SUV in Saket area, where they had planned another burglary," DCP (South) Prem Nath said.
Based on tip-offs and constant surveillance, the south Delhi Operations team led by ACP Rajinder Singh tracked down the accused and arrested five of them, he added.
