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This Article is From Mar 31, 2013

Inter-state auto lifters' gang busted, three arrested

New Delhi: Police today claimed to have busted an inter-state auto lifters' gang with the arrest of three persons in this connection.

Acting on a tip off, the Crime Branch police arrested Mohd Illyas from East Delhi area. Two other gang members, Rajbeer Singh and Nadeem, were arrested from two different locations.

11 luxury cars were recovered from their possession and eight FIRs pertaining to car stealing have been solved.

According to Additional Commissioner Ravindra Yadav, "on interrogating the trio it was revealed that Illyas along with Bittoo and Ajay stole vehicles of the same make, model and colour of which they have original documents ...which were supplied to them by Nadeem."

While Rajbeer Singh, a junk dealer dismantled the (Total Loss) vehicles in his shop at Maya Puri and kept the Registration papers instead of depositing them to Transport Authority, which is mandatory.

"Imran tampered the engine and chassis number of stolen vehicles in Gurgaon to that of Total Loss vehicles and thereafter disposed them off as genuine vehicles," they said.

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