PTI
Gurugram, August 19
Two snake charmers were detained for apparently impersonating ‘sadhus’ and robbing individuals by terrifying them with snakes, cops said on Monday.
The 2 males robbed a number of commuters taking a trip in automobiles or car rickshaws by letting loose snakes on them at traffic signals, they said.
Police recuperated 2 snakes from their ownership and handed them over to the Wildlife Department.
Rohit Nath, 22, and Shakib Nath, 26, were produced in a city court and sent to judicial custody on Saturday, they included.
The matter emerged when a 36-year-old Sadya Wani approached Sector 53 Police Station stating 2 individuals impersonated ‘sadhus’ let loose snakes on her and robbed her of Rs 2,000.
According to her grievance, the event occurred around 10.30 Friday when she was taking a trip in an auto-rickshaw.
The 2 males had actually approached her in the clothes of ‘sadhu’ and requested for money near Sushant Estates in Sector 52 when the auto-rickshaw was waiting at a traffic signal it said.
“The two men set snakes on me and pulled Rs 2,000 from my purse which I had taken out to give them a coin. They fled immediately but I was left terrorised by the incident and approached the police,” Wani, a citizen of Ansal Sushant Estates, said in her grievance.
Police booked Rohit and Shakib under areas 392 (burglary) and 34 (typical objective) of the IPC on Friday and detained them on Saturday.
“The suspects used to come to Gurugram from Delhi and return after robbing commuters at different locations in the city by showing snakes,” said Sector 53 Police Station SHO Rajender Singh.
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