Northeast Delhi robbery caught on camera, 2 held

The video — footage from a CCTV camera installed nearby — shows the two men approaching the woman on a bike, following which the pillion rider gets off the two-wheeler and points a knife to threaten the woman.

Delhi Police on Thursday arrested two men who had allegedly robbed a woman when she was walking along a lonely stretch in northeast Delhi’s Dayalpur last week.

A grab from the video that had gone viral on social media. (HT Photo)

According to the police, the woman and her son were intercepted by two men on a bike in Dayalpuri around 9.30 pm on October 26.

A video of the robbery, purportedly showing the woman and her minor son being robbed, had gone viral on social media.

The video — footage from a CCTV camera installed nearby — shows the two men approaching the woman on a bike, following which the pillion rider gets off the two-wheeler and points a knife to threaten the woman.

The man then snatches the woman’s chain and takes her other belongings. After that, he gets on the bike and the duo flees from the spot as the woman also walks away, the show.

Joint commissioner of police, (eastern range), Ravindra Yadav, said after receiving a PCR call, a police team had rushed to the spot and collected CCTV footage from the vicinity. Soon after, a search operation for the two suspects was initiated.