The Delhi Police claimed to have solved a case of car theft within a span of 45 minutes. A 19-year-old school dropout was arrested by the Burari police personnel after he allegedly stole a Tata Sumo from the Ring Road on December 27. Within minutes of committing the theft, the accused allegedly removed the battery, music system, mobile phone and documents of the Tata Sumo from the vehicle. Police said they have recovered the Tata Sumo car from the possession of the accused.
On an average in Delhi two cases of auto theft are reported within a span of 30 minutes
According to Jatin Narwal, Deputy Commissioner of Police (North), the accused has been identified as Harvinder Singh alias Gullu. A school dropout, 19-year-old Gullu took to committing auto theft to earn quick money.
On the night of December 27, one Mohar Singh made a PCR call that four unidentified persons allegedly robbed his car, a Tata Sumo near the Burari flyover and fled from the spot, said the police on Wednesday.
A team of policemen reached the spot and took stock of the situation. Based on a robust system of technical inputs and local intelligence, police got a tip off that the stolen Tata Sumo car was found to be parked at the Jahangirpuri area and two persons were found to be sitting inside the car.
“Both the persons were challenged by police team. On this, both the persons started running. They were chased by the police team in narrow street about one kilometer and finally one person identified as Harvinder Singh alias Gullu was apprehended and stolen TATA Sumo was recovered from his possession. On checking it was found that alleged person has already removed battery, music system, mobile phone and documents of the looted vehicle,” said the DCP.
During interrogation, Harvinder disclosed that he earns his livelihood by driving an e-rickshaw from Jahangir Puri to Bhalswa. Harvinder came in touch with one Sonu, who was previously involved in many incidents of robbery and carjacking.
On the night of December 27, at around 10.30 pm, Harvinder along with Sonu, Bhayya and Sumit , was on a lookout of a target at Ring Road Burari. When they reached near Burari flyover, the accused saw one TATA Sumo parked on the roadside. They overpowered the complainant Mohar Singh and robbed his TATA Sumo and threw him out of the vehicle.