New Delhi, May 16 -- Five men were arrested on Friday for allegedly robbing commuters across the National Capital Region (NCR) on the pretext of offering them lifts, police said.

According to police, the gang would offer lifts to commuters and, after taking them to isolated locations, rob them at gunpoint and force them to transfer money through UPI payments.

On January 11, the accused allegedly robbed a 21-year-old man of Rs.8,000 in cash and his ATM cards after offering him a lift from Sector 62 in Noida to Mainpuri in Uttar Pradesh, police said.

"Following a tip-off on Friday, five suspects aged between 18 and 21 years, who were involved in robbing commuters by offering lifts, were arrested from the Sector 39 area," Noida Police sai...