Hot pizzas make 5 youths cool their heels in jail

This one is about a group of five city lads whose desire to have some hot pizzas late on Saturday evening eventually landed them in jail. Since, the `gang' - all members in their early 20s - did not have enough money to pay for the pizzas, they tried the grab it by force.

The sequence of events started from the Fourth Floor Domino's outlet in Niralanagar. It was exactly at 10:52 pm when the outlet got a call to deliver 12 pizzas at Flat Number 103 of Paper Mill Colony under Mahanagar police station. Order ready within the next 20 minutes, delivery boy Arif reached the Paper Mill Colony for the delivery.

A resident of Shivanagar in Khadra, Arif, was still looking for the address when he spotted a group of youths chatting near a residential block. With no other help in sight, Arif approached them, seeking directions for the address to flat number 103. To his surprise, the group informed him that they themselves had ordered the pizza and were waiting for delivery.

As an unsuspecting Arif began to take out the packed pizza from the cassarole box mounted on his scooter's pillion, one of the youths asked him about his job profile and the awkward situations in which he may have entered into while on delivery of order. As Arif replied the unusual queries, he handed over the bill - totalling around Rs 1,000 - to one of them, waiting for the payment. When he found that none of them was even talking about the money, leave alone reaching for their wallets, he asked them for payment.

It was here that two of the youths pushed him, making him hit the ground on the other side. Stunned by the sudden attack, Arif struggled to get up but by then the youths had quickly jumped into a Maruti car parked near by and sped away. Back on his feet, Arif quickly called up the police control room, providing them with parts of the registration number and description of the getaway vehicle. Through with the call, Arif reached the Mahanagar police station to lodge a formal complaint. But before he could do, the wireless network flashed details of the car and its occupants intercepted by the police at Hazratganj crossing.