With the arrest of two persons, the Delhi Police has busted a gang of mobile thieves and recovered 65 stolen phones in South East Delhi's Sangam Vihar area.
Romil Baaniya, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southeast) said that the two accused have been identified as Mehtaab Malik and Praveen Kumar Sharma.
Tech savvy, these accused used to change IMEIs of stolen mobiles, break phone lock to flash Google accounts.
A senior police official said that on June 23, they received a tip-off that two gang members of high profile stolen mobile dealers are about to come in front of the Air Force Station near Monkey Park on MB road on bike with stolen mobile phones at about 4 pm.
Accordingly, a team was formed by the SHO Sangam Vihar and the two accused were intercepted and nabbed.
Police recovered four mobile phones separately from the possession of the accused persons.
During interrogation, Malik disclosed that he is high profile dealer of stolen mobile phones. He used to collect stolen mobiles from the area and change their IMEI's in order to sell them in open market on higher price.
Mehtab Malik claimed that he is using latest gadgets to break pattern locks, flash Google accounts and change IMEI's of expensive phones. At his instance, sixty one more stolen mobile phones along with latest gadgets like UMT Tool, DC unlocker, BST device, Z3X device, Octopus device, Flashing Interfacing device and ghost SIM were recovered from his room at Badarpur Delhi.
Investigators said that the accused revealed that he is a native of Bulandshahr in Uttar Pradesh and has been living in Delhi since 2003.
"A class fifth drop out, Malik said that he was married to two women and to bear their expenditure, he took his expertise in mobile and software work to another level and therefore started indulging in illegal activities. later, Malik came in contact of thieves and started to purchase expensive stolen phones and after changing their IMEI started to sell them on handsome price in open market," said Baaniya.
The senior official added, "During further interrogation accused Mehtab Malik disclosed about the method he adopted to change the IMEI number. During further interrogation, police found about the involvement of Mehtab Malik in snatching cases of Okhla, Govindpuri, Amar Colony and lajpat Nagar police stations."