The Special Staff of New Delhi district police have arrested a 25-year-old Uttar Pradesh-based notorious auto-thief, Virendra Singh Yadav, who would return to his native place with stolen vehicles. Yadav forayed into of the world of crime to pursue his leisure pursuit.
During the interrogation, Yadav, a resident of Badaun in UP, confessed that he started selling vehicles in the beginning as his hobby but later, involved in the crime completely.
Police said that the arrested persons have been identified as Virendra Singh Yadav, Kanwar Pal Singh (20), Kanhya lal (30), Mohammed Ikraar (34) and lala Ram (30). Around eight stolen motorbikes recovered from their possession
“The gang was unearthed following the arrest of Virendra Singh Yadav who was arrested from Connaught Place. After the interrogation, he told the police that since 2008, he was committing motorbike theft in the Capital,” the officer added.
According to a senior police official, he used to sell stolen motorbikes to a block president of Samajwadi Party of Babrala, Badaun, who in turn sold these bikes in the Babrala auto-mobiles market on a high premium. Investigators have found that Yadav have stolen over 100 motorbikes from the Capital in the last six years.
“Yadav disclosed that in every month, he used to come and stayed at his relative’s residence in Pandav Nagar. In night, he went outside the marriage function from where he stole the bike and then, directly went to his village. After stealing the bikes from the
Capital, he sold to Kanwar Pal Singh at Rs 6,000, the sources added,” he officer added.
On his instances, a special team was formed under the supervision of Inspector Arun Kumar and they have arrested a 21-year-old block president of Samajwadi Party of Babrala, Badaun, Kanwar Pal Singh was also arrested from his residence.”
“After purchasing bikes from Yadav, he gave to three local shopkeepers who in turn sold all these stolen bikes in their local Babrala auto-mobiles market on a high premium,” the officer added.
After the arrest of all the shopkeepers, police came to know that they used to sell these stolen bikes in Babrala auto-mobiles market to the local villages. With their arrest more than a dozen incidents of auto-lifting in the city have been solved.
“Interestingly, they used to give the slip to their customer who purchased bikes from them. Police have recovered around eight stolen motorbikes from their possession,” an officer said.