With the arrest of three persons, the Delhi Police has busted a gang of auto-lifters who specifically used to target ‘Royal Enfield’ or bullet bikes in national Capital and its peripherals. The accused had stolen more than 200 bikes from different parts of Delhi and NCR. Police have solved 10 cases of auto-lifting and have recovered 10 bikes from the possession of the accused.
The accused have been identified as Salim (32), Salman Khan (24) both residents of Delhi’s Khureji and a receiver of stolen bikes Sachin Kumar (29) a resident of Meerut, Uttar Pradesh (UP).
According to Chinmoy Biswal, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), South-East district, on 26 March night a picket was erected near Astha Kunj Park, Nehru Place to check vehicles when at around 9.30 pm, two persons on a Bullet motorcycle were seen coming from Nehru Place side and on seeing the police they tried to flee.
“Being suspicious they were nabbed by the police after a brief chase. On verification, the motorcycle was found stolen. Both the accused persons were arrested under section 41/1 (D) of CrPC and a case was registered at Kalkaji police station,” said the DCP.
“During interrogation, the accused revealed that they both have been previously arrested in several cases of auto-theft and had stolen more than 200 motorcycles from different parts of Delhi and NCR. Accused persons used to dispose these stolen bikes to receivers at Meerut. On the instance of accused persons, receiver Sachin Kumar was arrested from Meerut. On the instance of accused persons, nine more stolen motorcycles were recovered,” said the DCP.
“The accused persons used to particularly target Bullet motorcycles because of its higher value. The parts of bullet motorcycle are sold at decent prices in grey market at Meerut,” said the DCP adding that further investigation is going on.