Two snake charmers were detained for presumably impersonating priests and pushing snakes through car windows and vehicle rickshaws at traffic signals to rob terrorised commuters taking a trip to Gurugram from Delhi, cops said on Sunday.
Police said that the 2 were detained from Ghata Road in Gurugram’s Sector 55 on Saturday. Two snakes were likewise taken from the belongings of the detained suspects determined as Rohit Nath (22) and Sakib Nath (26). Police said that both the snakes were non-venomous and were turned over to wildlife authorities for required action.
According to the cops, the 2 males’s activity emerged when a female reached Sector 52 police headquarters on Friday and sent a problem declaring that 2 sages terrorised her utilizing snakes and by force removed ₹2,000 from her wallet.
Sadya Wani (36), the victim, had actually declared that she was taking a trip in an auto-rickshaw when the 2 suspects using clothing of priests approached her and requested money near Sushant Estates in Sector 52 around 10.30am on Friday. At that time, the auto-rickshaw had actually stopped at a traffic signal. Police said Wani declared that the 2 quickly set the snakes on her and pulled a ₹2,000 from her wallet that she had actually opened to provide a coin.
Wani, a local of Ansal Sushant Estates in Sector 52 who was left terrorised by the occurrence, got an FIR signed up under areas 34 (typical intent) and 392 (burglary) of the Indian Penal Code.
Inspector Rajender Singh, station house officer of the Sector 53 police headquarters where the case was signed up, said the suspects utilized to take a trip from Delhi to Gurugram and return after robbing commuters at various areas in the Millennium City.
“They had earlier robbed some commuters in a similar fashion, for which an FIR was registered against them last year. Besides, they were also involved in a theft case. Further investigation is on to ascertain if they were involved in such cases in Delhi too,” he said.
