Crime Branch of Chandigarh police arrested two members of a gang of auto-lifters. Following inputs, a team of crime branch officials erected a check-post near the Bougainville Garden.
Harpreet Singh and Dhanwant Singh, the two arrested member of the notorious auto-lifter gang were apprehended at the checkpost and a stolen Toyota Innova was recovered from their possession, which was bearing a fake registration plate. In the course of investigation, six cars were recovered from the accused. The members of this gang used to jack vehicles using locally made keys, suiting the lock of the car they targeted to steal. The auto-lifters stole cars from Chandigarh, Punjab, Haryana and Delhi. Once they succeeded in stealing the cars, the chassis and engine numbers were tampered using specially designed machines. After the tampering was done, the perpetrators used to park the cars at secluded place within public parking areas and went forward with procuring fake documents for the stolen car. After procuring the fake documents, the registration plates of the stolen car were changed and then it was sold to people who were unaware of the real status of the vehicle they were buying. The police have claimed that busting these two members of the gang will help them solve many pending cases.