3 held for robbing cab driver in Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad: The Ahmedabad Crime Branch has arrested three men in connection with the robbery of a radio cab driver who was lured through a ride-hailing app before being robbed at knifepoint in a secluded area.

The incident occurred on Monday, when four individuals booked a cab through the app from a vegetable market near Makarba. The accused directed the driver toward Zundal Circle and into an isolated location, where they robbed him of his vehicle, mobile phone and cash before fleeing. The case was initially registered as an undetected robbery at Anandnagar police station.

Acting on intelligence inputs, Crime Branch officers intercepted three of the suspects near the Pirana farm road, off the Vishala Bridge-Somnath Mahadev route. Police recovered items worth approximately Rs 8.75 lakh from their possession, including five mobile phones, a silver chain, a Bluetooth device, the stolen car, an autorickshaw and a knife.

Those arrested have been identified as Moinkhan Pathan, 26, Asif Sheikh, 32, and Ajay Devipujak, 21. A fourth accused remains at large. During interrogation, the trio allegedly confessed to committing multiple robberies over the same weekend, including robbing a couple of Rs 700 near a canal after picking them up from Kadi, and stealing Rs 200 and a mobile phone from a passenger who boarded from Bopal.

Separate cases have been registered at Anandnagar and Kerala GIDC police stations under provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.