New Delhi: Three persons, including a
student preparing for engineering exams, were arrested for
allegedly robbing people during evening walks in parks.
The accused has been identified as Shahid (24), Deepak,
(21) and Saifi Siddaqui (19), all residents of Malviya Nagar.
Police have recovered two stolen mobile phones from them
and claimed to have solved six cases of robbery.
On December 19, the police received a complaint from a
person being robbed of his mobile phone and cash by three
persons at Vijay Mandal Park in Begumpur.
Police reached the spot and while looking for the accused
reached Bakshi Park where the complainant identified three
persons sitting in a corner of the park.
"On seeing the police team, the accused persons tried to
escape from the spot, but were nabbed," a senior police
official said.
During interrogation, it came to light that the accused
were involved in several cases of robbery, he said, adding
that they are drug addicts and started robbing people to bear
the expenses of drugs.
PTI
