A 35-year-old notorious auto-lifter involved in more than 16 cases of auto-theft and Arms Act registered across the national Capital has been arrested along with a 55-year-old receiver of stolen items by Delhi Police on Wednesday. Police said that they have also recovered five high end stolen luxury cars from the possession of the accused.
The accused has been identified as Ovesh ,while the receiver of stolen item has been identified as Mohammad Affaq, both residents of Uttar Pradesh’s Firozabad district.
According to Atul Kumar Thakur, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), South district, On November 26, a tip-off was received regarding the movement of Ovesh, who had committed several auto thefts in the area of South and South-East District.
“Acting on the tip-off, the Anti-Auto Theft Squad (AATS) of South district police conducted a raid in Firozabad and arrested Ovesh. During interrogation, the accused disclosed that he had stolen the cars from Delhi and further sold these cars to Affaq,” said the DCP.
“Affaq was also arrested by police from Firozabad. On instance of Affaq, one Honda City car stolen from the area of Saket was also recovered. Further during the course of investigation, four more cars were also recovered on instance of the accused,” said the DCP.
“Ovesh also disclosed that he along with his associate had committed several auto thefts in the area of South and South East District. Moreover, accused Ovesh was also found to be a ‘Proclaimed Offender’ declared by Saket Court,” said the DCP adding that further probe is on.