Lucknow: Men who robbed car at gunpoint held

LUCKNOW: Two persons who had robbed a man of his car and phone at gunpoint on July 23 were arrested on Thursday.

The accused were identified as Vivek Yadav (26) and Vijay Diwakar (19), who had targeted Abhishek Awasthi while he was out for a drive in the morning in a VIP area in Lucknow.

DCP, east zone, Prachi Singh said that cops got the photos of the accused from the CCTV footage of the area.

Several teams were formed to nab the accused. On an informer’s tip-off, the criminals were arrested from a place near Pipraghat.

Police also recovered the stolen four-wheeler from their possession and a country-made pistol.