The Delhi Police on Wednesday busted a gang of drug addict burglars involved in more than 22 thefts active in the outer and Rohini districts.
Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime Branch) Alok Kumar said the accused people have been identified as Sagar alias Suraj, Sanjay Mannu alias Ved Ram Sharma. “We have also recovered six stolen cars along with mobile phones and cash. Twenty two cases of motor vehicle theft and house and shop burglaries have been worked out,” he said.
On Friday, the team was stationed at the Deepali Chowk, Rohini, and it got information that both the criminals will visit Vijay Vihar petrol pump to sell stolen items. A team led by ACP Jasbir Malik raided the gang near the petrol pump Vijay Vihar, Fish Market, Rohini, as they landed there. Police team was able to recover six stolen cars, two lCDs, three stolen mobile phones, along with cash recently stolen from a car of one police officer from Dr BR Ambedkar Hospital, Rohini.
“During interrogation, Mannu revealed that he was arrested in one of the case and for some time was lodged in Tihar jail. And it was here that he met with some of the accused persons booked for burglaries. He picked up the art of stealing cars and other vehicles from them, ” Kumar said.