Delhi: 21 luxury cars worth crores seized, racket run from Dubai

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police on Friday claimed to have busted an interstate auto lifting gang that used to steal high-end cars from the national capital and neighbouring states and sell them in other parts of the country, particularly northeastern states. The kingpin of the gang operates from Dubai, senior officers said. The arrested men have been identified as Abid (30), a driver who used to drop the stolen cars in Imphal and Siliguri; Sagolsem Johnson Singh (32) who sold the vehicles in Imphal; Mohd Asif (33) who ran a racket of stolen cars from Meerut and prepared tampered aluminum plate of the the total loss car at his garage; and Salman (30) who received the stolen cars from Asif in Indore and changed their chassis and engine numbers.

Police have solved 21 cases and recovered the vehicles worth crores in all these cases with the arrests. Notices have also been issued to the transport department and insurance companies to provide detailed vehicle data of these total loss vehicles and their registration details from Manipur and Indore.

According to police, one muhammed Ikhlque reported on october 3 that day before, he had parked his Forturner car in Krishna Nagar around 2am and it got stolen. police received information about a suspect. Abid from UP’s Amroha, and arrested him from Uttam Nagar in Delhi. He confessed that he was a member of Satta Gang and involved in 15 cases ,DCP Gaurav Sharma said.

With the help of local police in imphal, Delhi police arrested the main receiver of stolen cars.these stolen vehicles were sold as total loss vehicles to genuine buyers. police said.