A 40 year-old ‘Super Chor (thief)’ has been arrested by Delhi Police for allegedly stealing around 100 luxury cars in and around national Capital. Police have also recovered 11 luxury cars from the possession of the accused.
Police said that the accused identified as Zahid alias Anna, a resident of Meerut had formed ‘Anna Gang’ last year and recruited young boys into his gang to steal cars from Delhi and its peripherals.
“Zahid used to train these youngsters on how to steal cars. He behaved like their elder brother and his gang members started calling him ‘Anna’. Thereafter, the gang was famously known as ‘Anna Gang’ in the circuits of Meerut,” said Chinmoy Biswal, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), South-East district.
“On the intervening night of 22-23 July at about 01.00 AM, one Swift Car was seen coming from Kalkaji temple and was going towards Chirag Delhi. On seeing the police team, he tried to flee but the police team successfully intercepted the car and Zahid was apprehended.
“Zahid was asked to produce the documents of the car but he was not able to provide any document. On verification, the car was found stolen from the area of Rohini North following which a case under section 379 of Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Zahid was arrested under section 41.1(d) CrPC,” said the DCP.
“During interrogation, the accused disclosed that he had stolen more than 100 cars from Delhi and its peripherals. In the early age, accused became addicted to liquor and drugs and started thefts to meet his needs. He used to steal and dispose the cars to receivers at Meerut,” said the DCP
Explaining accused modus operandi, the DCP said that Zahid along with his associates used to target cars parked in the residential areas of Delhi NCR and disposed them to receivers of Meerut.
“The gang members used stolen cars to conduct recee and Zahid was expert in car
thefts, he used to steal cars in a blink of an eye. The gang
mostly used to steal cars on demand of the receivers,” said the DCP.
“On the instance of Zahid, police have also recovered more than 10 stolen luxury cars from Delhi, Meerut and Garh Mukteshwar. Further
investigation of the case is in progress and raids are being conducted to nab associates of the accused to recover stolen cars,” said the DCP.