The Special Staff of South district has arrested two youths, members of a gang which used to steal bags from cars after puncturing their tyres at red lights and claimed to have recovered gold and diamond jewellery worth around Rs45 lakh along with three vehicles from their possession.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (South), BS Jaiswal said that the accused have been identified as Shiv Kumar (19) and Dalip (19). “The arrest was made on Thursday evening by a team led by Inspector Rajender Singh, Sub-Inspector Jeet Singh along with the head constable Premjeet Singh from Saket area following a tip-off,” he added.
Jaiswal said that in the past several months, several cases incidents of bag lifting from the cars by puncturing the tyres of vehicle at red lights were reported in various parts of Delhi and NCR. Investigation revealed that members of the bag lifter gang known as ‘tyre puncture gang’ belong to Madangir and Inderpuri area of Delhi.
“Police received tip-off that active members of this gang would come at NBCC Plaza Road, Saket in order to commit crime and to dispose of the stolen jewellery. The team laid a trap and apprehended Shiv Kumar and Dalip while they were riding a Apache mobike,” he added.