Ten arrested for planning to rob travellers, highway robberies

Faridabad: Ten persons have been arrested for allegedly being involved in separate plots to rob travellers, police said on Sunday. In the first case, four persons were arrested by Sector-55 police following a tipoff that they were planning to rob travellers on the Samaypur road here.

Four iron rods were seized from the gang, police added. A second group, also consisting of four persons, was busted by Sarai Khwaja police who recovered a countrymade pistol and an iron rod from them. In a third case, two persons were arrested Mujesar police arrested two persons for allegedly planning to rob travellers at a desolate area here. A knife and an iron rod were seized from the arrested duo, police said. PTI