Delhi Police Crime Branch has busted a gang of notorious criminals from Chanakyapuri, who has till now snatched more than 100 mobiles phones. Sleuths of the Inter-State Cell, Crime Branch arrested five people including one Virender Singh (37), who owned a mobile repair shop in Najafgarh.
The four accused have been identified as Manish Kumar (18), Arun Kumar (22), Shiv Kumar (24) and Surender Singh (26).
Madhur Verma, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) said, “A team of ISC Crime Branch led by ACP Sanjay Sehrawat laid a trap after learning about the movement of the gang members. They were apprehended from a mobile repairing shop owned by Virender Singh. It has been revealed that he used to buy the stolen mobile phones and dismantle the handsets and would then sell them to his prospective customers. The gang used their two Pulsar bikes (one black and one red) for snatching. They have been active for the past one year in the area of Najafgarh, Bahadurgarh, Dwarka and Nizamuddin. Both bikes have been recovered and the criminals have also confessed their crimes.”
Around 100 mobiles, many of them dismantled conditions, have been recovered by the police. During sustained interrogation, the accused disclosed that for past one year, they have committed more than 100 incidents of snatching and robbery from Delhi and NCR Region and further disposed the snatched mobiles phones to Virender (co-accused) at Najafgarh.
During the interrogation the accused persons revealed Virender’s name. He was apprehended from his mobile repairing shop at Najafgarh. All the accused persons were arrested at Chanakyapuri.