Cab driver shot dead in Gurugram; Woman among six interstate vehicle-lifters arrested from Jaipur

The Gurugram police have arrested six persons, including a woman, in connection with the murder of a 56-year-old cab driver, who was found dead on Southern Peripheral Road (SPR) near the National Highway-48 in Gurugram on Sunday. The arrested accused belong to an interstate gang that allegedly use to book cab and flee with vehicle and other valuables after killing the driver.

Police said during preliminary questioning, they confessed to murdering three cab drivers in Gurugram using a similar modus operandi in the past six months. Police said the accused have been identified as Vishal, Vinod, Jitu, Ravi, Rahul and Rekha. Vishal was the kingpin of the gang. Vishal and Rekha are from Delhi, while Vinod, Jitu, Ravi and Rahul are from Jaipur in Rajasthan.

While the Gurugram police handed over the five gang members, including the woman, to Jaipur police, for investigating the murder case, they took Rahul to Gurugram and recovered the stolen car from his possession.

Preliminary investigation revealed that Vishal and Rahul had shot dead Arjun (56), that cab driver from Mahipalpur in Delhi on Sunday and later threw his body on Southern Peripheral Road (SPR) near the National Highway-48 in Gurugram.

However, the police said, the role of the woman in the case is yet to be determined.

The victim was employed as a taxi driver with a travel company and used to ferry an airline's staff. According to FIR, the victim left home around 7.30am on Saturday for a 24-hour shift and did not return.

His family kept trying to contact him on his mobile phone, but it was switched off, following which they rang up the travel agency owner to inform about him.