The Crime branch of Chandigarh police on Monday claimed to have busted an Inter-State vehicle lifters gang and also recovered 19 vehicles and huge amount of gold ornaments and other electronic instruments from the possession. Police said all arrested accused are habitual criminals.
"The vehicles which the police team recovered from their possession include, 16 Maruti cars, 3 Motorcycles of various brands, gold jewellery and other house hold items worth Rs 16 lakh, ” Said Satbir Singh, DSP/ Crime branch.
The Crime branch on a specific tip off arrested the six accused involved in vehicle and house hold thefts in Chandigarh and other cities.
Police identified the accused as, Manoj Kumar (resident of Muradabad), Imran Ali ( Kasauli), Mukesh Kumar (Sector-56), Darshan (Rajiv colony), Sahil Kaushal (Mohali) and Sonu Kumar (Sector-41). The DSP further added that during interrogation, Manoj and Imran accepted that they used to steal Maruti-800 cars from different cities and then sold them to innocent people by changing their registration and engine numbers. Manoj is a habitual criminal, who has also been accused by Chandigarh police for eight more cases earlier.
Further they accepted that Darshan and Mukesh would steal Motorcycles and also committed burglaries in Chandigarh from different locations. “All the six accused arrested by police are habitual criminals and have also been arrested by police earlier. The accused has been sent for police remand by court. Further investigation is under progress.” Added Satbir.