On Saturday, the Faridabad police arrested two members of a automobile theft gang working within the district and recovered ten stolen autos.
Police mentioned that the 2 accused Mahesh alias Fuddu and Ajay alias Ajit are residents of Rajasthan’s Bharatpur and are a part of a automobile theft gang in Deeg, Rajasthan.
Faridabad Police PRO Sube mentioned, “The accused will come to Faridabad by bus to commit theft and keep a weapon with them during the crime so that they can use it to scare people and run away.” Lion.
“They would steal any vehicle – scooter, motorcycle, car, canter, tractor etc. When given an opportunity, they would first do a recce and steal a vehicle. Then they would take the vehicles directly to Rajasthan. However, recently In India, they were unable to sell the stolen vehicles due to the lockdown,” he mentioned.
Police mentioned that the third accused Rahul can be concerned within the crime and remains to be absconding.
“Rahul is a resident of Faridabad, so he is aware of the lanes and junctions of the city. He will help his accomplices to extort quickly after the crime,” Singh mentioned.
On June 24, when Mahesh had come to Faridabad to commit an identical crime, he was arrested on the idea of a tip-off. Police additionally recovered a country-made pistol and three dwell cartridges from him. He was taken into police remand for 5 days, throughout which he informed the police about his confederate Ajay, who was arrested from Rajasthan on June 29.
“Mahesh is a double-criminal and drug addict, who has been jailed several times in the past for theft. In 2016, 26 stolen motorcycles were recovered from two people who had then served their jail term in Rajasthan,” Singh mentioned.
“We have discovered thus far that there are 11 instances registered in opposition to males in numerous police stations of Faridabad. We have recovered 4 tractors, 4 bikes, one canter and one auto from Rajasthan, all of which have been stolen. Both the accused have been produced earlier than the courtroom and despatched to jail. Investigation is on to arrest the third accused.”
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
