MBBS dropout held for stealing high-end bikes

ACCUSED SARFARAZ WAS STRUGGLING TO REPAY A LOAN OF `17 LAKH HE HAD TAKEN TO STUDY MEDICINE IN WARSAW, POLAND

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police on Saturday arrested a 29-year-old MBBS dropout for allegedly stealing high-end bikes and selling them on popular e-commerce websites in a bid to repay his student loan.

The accused, Sarfaraz Ahmed, had taken a loan of `17 lakh a few years back to study medicine in Warsaw, Poland.

Ahmed has been sent to threeday police custody by a local court after an FIR on charges of forgery and theft was registered against him.

According to police, he was operating under several fake names in the capital for the past two-and-a-half years and had sold more than 60 motorcycles through classified advertising platforms for used goods.

He was purportedly in the process of selling 18 stolen motorcycles when a team of southwest Delhi Police, led by ACP Rajender Singh, arrested him.

“Eighteen stolen motorcycles and scooters were recovered from a godown in Bindapur that Ahmed had hired for `2,000 per month. We have cracked 25 vehicle theft cases committed by him,” said Surender Kumar, deputy commissioner of police (DCP), southwest.

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