With arrest of six persons in three different incidents, Delhi Police on Sunday claimed to have busted three gangs of auto-lifters active across national Capital. Police has also recovered 17 stolen bikes and scooty from the possession of the accused.
According Chinmoy Biswal, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), South East district, in first incident at Badarpur area on June 13, acting on specific inputs the police team arrested two person identified as Shaikul (27) a resident of village-Ghosinga in Bharatpur, Rajasthan and Shokeen (23) a resident of Nuh, Haryana while they were riding on a stolen bike on Jaitpur Road.
“The bike they were riding was found to be stolen and during cursory checking police also recovered a country-made pistol from the possession of the accused. Subsequently a case under section 25/54/59 Arms Act was registered in Badarpur police station and accused were arrested,” said the DCP.
“During interrogation accused Shaikul and Shokeen confessed their guilt and disclosed that they had stolen many bikes and scooties from the adjoining area of Badarpur, SaheenBagh, Kalindi Kunj in Delhi. On their instance seven bikes and three scooties were recovered,” said the DCP.
In second incident, the sleuths of South-east district of Delhi Police nabbed two auto-lifters and a juvenile was detained following a tip-off on June 12.
“Acting on a tip-off trap was laid a trap at Khader Pulia, near Agra canal road, and three people identified as Danish (21) and Attaul Rehman (21) both residents of JJ Colony in Delhi’s Madanpur Khadre and one juvenile were nabbed while they were riding a stolen bike,” said the DCP.
“During interrogation they disclosed that Danish and Attaul were previously arrested in several cases and in order to meet their needs of liquor and smoking, they used to commit crime,” said the DCP adding that six bikes were recovered from the possession of the accused.
In third incident, two notorious thieves were arrested on specific inputs while they were riding on a stolen bike in Govindpuri area on June 13.