To impress their girlfriends, three friends from Delhi went on a robbery spree across UP and Uttarakhand—targeting six spots in just three hours.
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00:00Three friends from Delhi, what started as love, turned into crime.
00:03To impress their girlfriends and keep up with their expensive lifestyles,
00:06they chose the wrong path, robbery.
00:08In just three hours, they shocked two states by committing six daring robberies
00:12across Uttar Pradesh and Nuttarakhand.
00:14On the evening of May 24, 2025, starting around 5 p.m.,
00:18the trio struck at multiple locations.
00:20Mansoorpur, Chhapar and Purkazi in Muzaffar Nagar and even Haridwar in Nuttarakhand.
00:24They snatched purses, mobiles and gold chains.
00:27At one point, they tried to rob an office but fled after alert staff scared them off.
00:31Acting on a tip-off about their next target in Shamri,
00:34police set up a checkpoint on Delhi-Dehradun National Highway 58.
00:38Late at night, as the robbers drove their stolen wagon,
00:40police confronted them, leading to a shootout.
00:57Rajesh worked at an OYO hotel, Abhikumar ran a small grocery store and drove vehicles
01:02and Sahil was a delivery boy from Zomato.
01:04What started as love and luxury for their girlfriends led these three friends into a spiral of crime.
01:31The trio is now in police custody, facing strong legal action.