Hyderabad: A 32-year-old cab driver was robbed at knifepoint in the early hours of Wednesday after picking up two passengers for a ride from Shamshabad to Aramgarh.The assailants took two mobile phones, Rs 180 cash and escaped in his cab. RGI Airport police arrested three accused, including a man and two juveniles on Friday.According to police, the victim, Sabhavath Rajender Kumar of Airport Colony, received a booking from Shamshabad to Aramgarh around 2.30 am. He picked up two men from HUDA Colony near Rajiv Gruhakalpa on the ORR service road around 2.40 am.“As I was driving along the NH-44 service road, near Poodoor Marble Shop, the passengers suddenly pulled the handbrake. The passenger seated behind me pointed a knife at my throat and threatened to kill me. A third accused, who arrived on a bike, reached into the vehicle and dragged me out,” Kumar stated in his complaint.The assailants then allegedly took his two phones and Rs 180 before fleeing in his cab.RGI Airport police registered a case under Section 309(4) of the BNS for robbery and launched an investigation.“We arrested three accused, including Faizullah of Jalpally and two juveniles, from the ORR service road in Shamshabad on Thursday night. The entire stolen property was recovered along with the knife used in the offence. The accused were remanded to judicial custody on Friday,” said RGIA detective inspector G Pavan Kumar.
