New Delhi: A 22-year-old woman allegedly used to position herself in dimly lit lanes of south Delhi’s Mehrauli to lure men to secluded spots, where her armed associates would rob them at knifepoint.
The gang’s activities came to an end after all three were arrested by police on April 13.The case surfaced during routine patrolling on Badarpur-Mehrauli Road, when a police team saw a man, identified as Baidyanath Kamat, near the main gate of a DDA park. On inquiry, he told police that he had just been robbed of his mobile phone, bag and cash by a woman and two men who fled towards Mehrauli.According to the complainant, the woman first signalled to him near the wall of Indian Park on MB Road. When he followed her, two men suddenly appeared, threatened him with a knife and robbed him before fleeing with the woman.DCP (south) Anant Mittal said the police team acted swiftly and apprehended the woman and her aides — Rahul (29) and Sameer (22). Police also recovered the knife allegedly used in the crime and the stolen cash from their possession.
