2 held for theft, robbery

New Delhi, October 15 

Delhi Police on Tuesday claimed to have cracked eight cases of robbery and theft with the arrest of two men, one of them carrying a reward of Rs 50,000, from southeast Delhi. 

Amber Jafri (28), a resident of Aligarh, and Mohammad Abbas (22), from Amroha, were arrested from Madanpur Khadar, said Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southeast) Chinmoy Biswal. 

A pistol with two live cartridges, one button activated knife, one stolen motorcycle and five mobile phones were seized from them, Biswal said. 

Jafri and his associates were arrested by UP Police in a case of murder in Aligarh, he said.

In January, Jafri and his associates looted Rs 1lakh from a meat trader in Shaheen Bagh. In August, he and Abbas robbed an agent of Rs 2.5 lakh in the same area. In March, the duo robbed Rs 1.35 lakh and gold chain from a couple in Zakir Nagar, he said. — PTI