The Delhi police on Friday has busted a gang of thieves and has recovered 55 stolen batteries of cars from their possession. The accused have been identified as Sehzad (28), Gul Mohmmad (31), both residents of Joshi Colony in IP Extension, Delhi, and Zuber (22), resident of Alvi Nagar in Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh).
According to Dr G Ram Gopal Naik, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Crime Branch, in the wake of rise in the incidents of theft of batteries of cars in South Delhi, the Special Task Force was assigned the task of identifying and nabbing the culprits involved in such criminal activities.
“Based on the information collected from the place of occurrence and victims, sources were deployed to trace the accused and a man hunt was launched to nab the culprits behind these crimes. Specific inputs were received regarding the accused coming to steal battery in a car at New Friends colony. A trap was laid and all the three accused were apprehended,” said the DCP.
“During interrogation, the accused persons disclosed that all recovered stolen batteries have stolen by them from south Delhi area. The accused further disclosed that they take only 30 seconds to steal a battery from one car,” said the DCP.
Explaining their modus operandi, the DCP said that the trio used to reach at the targeted place in Ford Figo car, one of them used to take his position on the driver’s seat while the second person used to pretend as the security guard and used to walk on the road with a wooden log and the third person used to stole the batteries from the cars very quickly,” the DCP said.
“With their arrest police have solved 11 cases of battery theft in city. The Gang has stolen more than 5000 batteries in last 15 months. The police have recovered 55 batteries and a Figo car from their possession. Further investigation is in progress,” the DCP added.