Man offered ride in shared cab on NH8, robbed of ₹22,000

A 29-year-old man was allegedly robbed by four people, after being offered a ride in a shared cab on National Highway(NH)8 in the DLF Phase-2 area, the police said on Friday. This is the sixth such incident in the past one month.

The victim,Vijay Kumar, was allegedly robbed by four men after he took a shared ride in a WagonR car on Wednesday night, while returning home to Khandsa Road after work, said Subhash Chand, sub-inspector, who is the investigation officer in the case. The police are yet to identify anyone in connection with the case, while no CCTV footage has been found, the police said. An FIR has been filed at the DLF Phase-2 police station under Section 379A (snatching) of the Indian Penal Code.

Around 7.30 pm on Wednesday, Kumar took a shared ride in a cab, in which there were four other people present, including the driver. Later, during the journey, they threatened him with a knife and took ₹22,000 from his bank account, after coercing him to share his ATM pin. He was later left off at an isolated spot in Badshahpur, the police said.

“The accused are between 25-30 years of age, but we are yet to identify them,” said sub-inspector Subhash Chand, adding The city police have asked the GMDA to install CCTV cameras at six spots on the Jaipur highway to check cases of lift-and-loot. that the police were yet to obtain any CCTV footage of the incident.

Gurugram has witnessed several such cases in recent times.On Monday, a man was assaulted and robbed of his mobile phone and ₹2,000, after he was offered a shared ride in a cab by four people, the police said on Wednesday.

After about 15 such cases were reported in a span of two months in the end of 2018, the city police had, on December 17, arrested a four-member gang for allegedly robbing people on the Delhi-Gurugram Expressway. Last week, another gang that used to rob people after offering shared rides was also busted by the city police.

Hundreds of people take shared rides in cabs to return home due to lack of public transport in the city. The main areas from where people take shared rides include Rajiv Chowk, Iffco Chowk and Shankar Chowk.