New Delhi, April 13 -- A 19-year-old man and a 17-year-old boy were apprehended by the police for a series of knifepoint robberies and stabbing at least five people, including a police personnel, in three incidents in the early hours of Friday in Adarsh Nagar, northwest Delhi, police said.

Police said the accused, who were on a two-wheeler, were arrested within 12 hours of the incidents and all victims, except a policeman, were discharged after treatment. They identified the 19-year-old as Suraj Kumar, who had come from Deoria in Uttar Pradesh.

"The incidents were reported around between 4am and 5.30am, and the accused were arrested by evening," deputy commissioner of police (northwest) Bhisham Singh said.

A senior police officer, requ...