Inter- state auto lifters’ gang busted
The Delhi police has busted an inter- state gang of auto- lifters who used hitech equipments to steal cars. Five persons have been arrested in this regard.
The police recovered 28 stolen luxurious cars and claimed to solve 50 cases of motor vehicles thefts. The gang operated in Delhi, Haryana, Gujrat, Punjab, Rajasathan and Northeast states.
The accused, identified as Narender Singh, 49, Lal Bahadur alias Sillu, 39, Vijay Dhaiya alias Johny all are residents of Rohtak, Haryana, Sarik, 28, a resident of Meerut, UP and Sonu, 29, a resident of Karnal, Haryana. They are the receivers and carriers of cars to North East region.
A Hyundai car was stolen on July 30 this year from Subhash Delhi and the
police team ( crime) received a tip about the thieves of the above stolen car who were active in the area of Delhi and NCR. Nagar,
The police team closely scrutinised the modus operandi of the autolifters and zeroed in on the movement of the gang. On December 15, the accused were coming from Meerut Cantt. They were found in possession of a Scorpio Car with a fake number plate.
The same was stolen on November 20 from Hari Nagar, Delhi. On the instance of accused persons another Scorpio Car bearing same fake number plate was recovered from Meerut by Pass reported to be stolen on December 15 from Sultanpuri, Delhi.
During interrogation, the accused Narender said he used the Scorpio’s documents to get the number. In a shocking incident, a 25 year old youth set ablaze a 32 year old married woman on fire as she refused to befriend him. The incident took place on Friday morning in Malviya Nagar area.
“A youth identified as Chankit came along with a bottle of petrol at a house in Malviya Nagar at around 7: 35 am on Friday. He liked a married woman and proposed to her earlier, but she ignored him.
Filled with rage, he entered the house and threatened to kill her if she doesn't accept his proposal. When she refused, he poured petrol on the woman and all over the house,” said a senior police officer.
The accused later lit his jacket and threw it over the woman and fled from the spot.
On hearing the woman's cries for help, her mother
and brother came forward. In the meantime, the woman's brother rescued her and threw her burning jacket away in a