Noida: Lift-&-loot gang busted, 4 held after shootout

NOIDA: A gang that looted commuters after offering them lift in a car has been busted with the arrest of its four members. The accused were arrested following a shootout in Sector 62.
“We had received a complaint on Friday evening where the complainant said that he was waiting near Sector 62 roundabout to head towards Anand Vihar Bus stand. Four men in a car approached him and offered to drop him to the location,” said Ranvijay Singh, additional deputy commissioner of police, Noida.
He added that the victim agreed and boarded the car.
“Within a few minutes the accused took out their pistols and stole his belongs, including money. The four men thrashed him and threw him out of the car near National Institute of Biologicals in Sector 62,” Singh said.
Following the complaint, police teams were formed and inputs about the gangs were developed.
“CCTV footages of the area were scanned to identify the car used in the crime. We found that the accused were traveling in a Maruti Suzuki SX4 car. On Saturday afternoon, we managed to zero down on them near Jaipuria roundabout in Sector 62,” the officer added. Police have recovered all the stolen goods and cash of the man they had looted on Friday evening.