One arrested for targeting women, patients in hospitals

A member of a gang that targeted women and unescorted patients in hospitals has been arrested in Delhi’s North Avenue area, police said on Saturday.

Anil (30), wanted in eight cases of cheating, theft and criminal conspiracy, was the member of a gang that used to befriend vulnerable women and unescorted patients and flee with their valuables, DCP (New Delhi) Devesh Kumar Mahla said. He was arrested in connection with two cases registered earlier this year at North Avenue police station, he said. “The accused and his accomplice would befriend women wearing jewellery and lure them with a story involving a stolen bag of cash,” he said. The gang also used another modus operandi where they would target unescorted patients at hospitals, pretending to assist them before disappearing with their belongings, the DCP said.

A non-bailable warrant was also issued against him in a case registered at the Govindpuri police station last year, the police said.