Srinagar, Feb. 26 -- A gang of highway robbers who used to pose as "commandos" and rob people after stopping them on pretext of checking was busted by police in the city with the arrest of four persons, said police on Wednesday.

Police recovered fake guns, mobile phones and other items from these robbers, whom police described as history sheeters.

Police spokesman said that on February 22, Shalteng police station received a complaint from Haryana resident Chanchal Singh. He told police in his complaint that during the night unidentified individuals stopped his vehicle at Maloora, Shalteng and robbed him of cash and valuables at gunpoint.

"Based on this complaint, an FIR (No. 15 U/S 307, 126(2), 3(5)) was registered, and an investigatio...