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Gang of five arrested for drugging battery rickshaw drivers, stealing

Last Updated 28 May 2016, 04:17 IST

Five men involved in theft of e-rickshaws by drugging drivers have been arrested in outer Delhi’s Mangolpuri on Thursday.

The accused would sell the rickshaws in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh and also rent them out to local drivers, police said. Nine e-rickshaws have been recovered from the accused.

For the last few months in Delhi's outer district incidents of e-rickshaw thefts after drugging the drivers saw a spurt in numbers. A police team was constituted and given the task of analyzing the crime pattern and work out the theft cases.

The team studied the crime pattern and deployed secret sources. On Thursday secret information was received about the culprits. Acting upon the information a team of police officials nabbed the culprits around 10 pm from the industrial area in Mangolpuri near Safal dairy with one stolen e-rikshaw. The thieves had gathered there to sell the vehicle.

On sustained interrogation the arrested persons disclosed that accused Lal Bahadur, Satish Kumar and Sanjay used to hire e-rikshaw for a distant destination where it would take at least around 30 minutes to reach.

In the middle of the journey they would take a short halt on the pretext of taking refreshments at some juice corner or general store. After sometimes they would offer the e-rikshaw driver juice, cold drink or even water spiked with sedatives. After 15-20 minutes of taking the drink, the driver would fall unconscious and the accused would escape with the rikshaw and the belongings of the driver leaving him in a deserted place.

The accused further disclosed that they used to sell the stolen e-rikshaws to scrap dealers in Mustafabad, Ghonda and Seelampur area for a sum ranging Rs 10,000-15000 depending upon the condition of the rikshaws.

They further used to sell some of the rikshaws in Sambhal in UP for Rs 18000-20000. They also used to supply some e-rikshaws on rent to local drivers.

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(Published 28 May 2016, 04:17 IST)

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