On Saturday afternoon, six youths had beaten up some passengers inside a Blueline bus near Safdarjung Hospital after the passengers admonished them for pick-pocketing. The youths even threatened the passengers with knives. On Friday night, two Faridabad steel dealers were robbed of Rs 2 lakh and their Maruti car near Okhla. The businessmen were abandoned at Mitrau village. Hours earlier, on the same day, Chand Mehra, owner of the chain of Mehrasons jewellery shops, barely escaped being abducted and robbed near a busy crossing in south Delhi. Two gun-wielding youths had tried to force themselves inside Mehra's car at 11 a.m. Mehra's driver, however, managed to speed away.

The police have not found any leads in any of these cases. An official today insisted that these incidents are unrelated, but admitted that incidents of robbery and other crimes have gone up after the Assembly elections.