Inspired by movie, 3 men steal over 40 luxury cars, arrested

Inspired by the Hollywood flick ‘The Fast and the Furious,’ three men stole over 40 luxury cars using hi-tech tools, including scanners and GPS jammers, the police said on Friday after arresting them. The accused have been identified as Manish Rao (42) and Jagdeep Sharma (43), both residents of Uttam Nagar here, and Aas Mohammad (40), a native of Meerut in Uttar Pradesh, it said.

Rao and Sharma were nabbed when they came to strike a deal for a stolen car. The car was found stolen from the Paschim Vihar area, DCP (Southwest) Manoj C. said.

Various instruments, including sensor kit, magnet, LNT keys, and eight remote car keys were recovered during the search of the stolen vehicle, it said. Mohammad, who was the main supplier of these stolen cars, was also arrested, the police said, adding that he used to sell these vehicles in Rajasthan. The accused were inspired by the Hollywood movie ‘The Fast & the Furious’ and used scanners to unlock the cars within minutes and jammers to disable the GPS if it was installed in the car, the DCP said.

The trio are members of the infamous ‘Ravi Uttam Nagar gang,’ the police said. The three accused disclosed that they, along with their leader Ravi, have stolen over 40 cars since April from various areas of the city, including Uttam Nagar, Tilak Nagar, Subhash Nagar, Paschim Vihar, Munirka, and Dwarka among others. They sold these cars in Rajasthan and Meerut, the DCP said.

“The accused disclosed that by using a softwarebased hacking device, they unlocked cars and after formatting the vehicle’s software installed new software with the help of the device. The new keys were then ready and they stole the cars within two to three minutes,” the DCP said.