Three elderly men arrested for pickpocketing

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Three elderly men were arrested for allegedly pickpocketing in buses from Outer Delhi's Sultani Puri area, police said Thursday.

The accused were identified as Lal Chand (50), a resident of Sultanpuri; Dharam Chand (62), a resident of Wazirpur and Lalit Kumar (42), a resident of Rewari district in Haryana, a senior police officer said.

They were arrested on Wednesday near bus stand in D-Block, Sultanpuri. During interrogation, it was revealed that Lal Chand is the gang leader. They used to board crowded buses. Twenty mobile phones were recovered from their possession, police added.

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