KOLKATA: A gang of three persons - including a eunuch - took a taxi driver at gunpoint, roamed around south Kolkata looking for prospective victims and robbed a person of cash and mobile phones late on January 12. With the help of the taxi number, police managed to round up the three on Friday.

Two of the accused were identified as Ratan Chowdhury and Bittu Sarkar. The eunuch, a juvenile, was produced at the juvenile court on Friday.

Police said on January 12, the driver of the cab - WB 23/6893 - dropped off a woman who had boarded from Salt Lake at Bansdroni. Soon after, a juvenile transgender got on to the taxi and asked the cabbie to go to Tollygunge. It was around midnight then.

On their way to Tollygunge, two other youths boarded the vehicle at Mudiali and one of them pulled out a gun, took the cabbie at gunpoint and asked him to drive ahead without asking any questions. The trio was on the lookout for prospective passengers who could be robbed.

Near Rashbehari Avenue, the cabbie was asked to look for more passengers just like one would in case of a shared taxi. When a person got on to the cab, the trio tried to rob him. But since he didn't have too much cash or valuables, they dropped him off at Gariahat from where another man boarded the vehicle.

Police said since the person was robust and well-built, the three criminals didn't want to take a chance. While this man got off at Ruby, another person, Salauddin Naskar , boarded the taxi and wanted to get dropped off at Bansdroni.

The trio attacked him and robbed him of cash and two mobile phones. On spotting a police patrol van near Mukundapur, the accused pushed off Naskar, fearing arrest.

Naskar then lodged a complaint at Survey Park police station. With the help of the taxi number, police rounded up the three miscreants.

A gang of three-including a eunuch - snatched a cab at gun point, roam across south Kolkata and robbed a person late at night on January 12. Finally cops managed to round them up, with the help of the taxi number. Snatching in running taxi is not new in the city, where some miscreants pose as passengers and in connivance with the cabbie they rob other passengers. But this time cabbie himself was at gun point, what is a new trend in the city.

Police said, the driver of the cab - WB 23/6893 - dropped a lady at Bansdroni who boarded at Saltlake. After dropping the woman, a juvenile eunuch boarded in the cab and ask the cabbie to go Tollygunge. It was around midnight. On the way, two other youths boarded in the vehicle at Mudiali and one of them pulled out a gun and at gun point he asked the cabbie to go ahead. Near Rashbihari, the cab stopped like a share taxi and a person got into the vehicle. They attempted to rob him but as the person had not much , they dropped him near Gariahat. From there another person boarded in the vehicle who was supposed to go Rubi off EM Bypass. Police said that the person was robust and the gang did not dare to attempt on him. When he got down at Rubi, another person get into the cab to go Bansdroni.

They targeted him and robbed cash and two cell phones. When the cab was near Mukundapur, they spotted a police patrol van and fearing something wrong, the miscreants pushed the passenger. The victim Salauddin Naskar lodged a complaint with Survey Park Police station. He could provide the cab number and finally police rounded up all three. Two youths were identified as Ratan Chowdhury and Bittu Sarkar. The eunuch is juvenile, so he was produced before a juvenile court on Friday. Police suspect that all three are new in such crimes.

