Armed men loot bus passengers
Armed robbers struck in broad daylight taking the passengers hostage in a packed moving Blueline bus and robbed them of their cash and valuables in the Mayapuri area of southwest Delhi on Wednesday.
The police is suspecting that bus driver and conductor could be in league with the robbers.
According to the investigating officers, the incident took place between 11 am and 12 noon in Janakpuri, a senior police official said. The robbers, who fled away with cash and jewellery, are still at large.
Police officers confirmed that the bus, which was plying between Uttam Nagar and Nehru Place, was targeted by the armed robbers at 11 am in Janakpuri. Around a dozen passengers lost their cash, mobile phones, jewellery and other valuables as the armed men threatened them, the police said.
There were around 55 passengers in the bus and despite raising an alarm, the driver and conductor did not stop the bus, which raised the suspicion of the police. The robbers got down at Lajwanti Chowk.
A woman, who works at a private company in Nehru Place, claimed she was robbed of her gold chain and Rs 1,500 cash while a man claimed that the robbers took away Rs 5,000 and his mobile phone from his pocket.
Some of the robbers stood at the exit and entry gates of the bus while others snatched money and other articles on knife point, an eyewitness said.
Passengers told the police that the conductor Sanjay allegedly gestured to one of the robbers to free a man known to him whom they were threatening.
“The robbers held hostage a man known to the conductor. Passengers told us that when the man, who was held hostage got scared, the conductor gestured to the robbers to free him as he was known to him. This puts the conductor and driver on our radar,” said the police.
Passengers have also told the police that driver Sher Singh also did not stop the bus anywhere before Dhaula Kuan, where the robbers got down.
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