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Three arrested for robbing, stabbing

Three persons, including two students of a open school and a vocational college, have been arrested for allegedly robbing and attempting to murder two teenagers in a posh south Delhi locality about a week ago, police said on Wednesday.

Kalu alias Anoop alias Lalit [20], a resident of Madangir, Ved Prakash alias Vicky [19], a resident of Sangam Vihar, and Alok [20], a resident of Pushpa Vihar were arrested yesterday for robbing and stabbing Brijesh and Rahul, who were passing through NBCC Plaza on the intervening night of 6 and 7 June, a senior police official said.

‘Brijesh [19] and his cousin Rahul [18], residents of Sangam Vihar, were returning home from a food joint in Khirki village where they were employed when the accused intercepted their bicycle and dragged Rahul to a distance before beating him. When Brijesh tried to save Rahul, they snatched his cell phone and stabbed him with an intention to kill and escaped on their motorcycles,’ said Chhaya Sharma, DCP South District.

During investigation, police got information regarding presence of a criminal in Sangam Vihar who had recently stabbed a person in Saket area.

A police team conducted raid and apprehended Vicky from Sangam Vihar area last evening. Based on his information, two others were also arrested while one of them Pawan, a resident of Sangam Vihar, is still absconding and efforts were on to arrest him, Sharma said.

During interrogation, Vicky said he was a regular student of Vocational College and also enrolled in a course of Office Management - Secretarial Practise. He confessed to committing late night or early morning robberies and snatchings in Pushp Vihar, M B Road, Sangam Vihar areas to meet expenses for their parties, liquor and girlfriends.

Alok was pursuing Class XII from open school and also works in a motorcycle dealers’ showroom in Madangir. On the day of incident, he had celebrated his birthday and accompanied them in crime.
Kalu, who had formed the gang, is known knifer and had been to jail several times, Sharma said.
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