New Delhi, A forty five-year-old man was arrested in north Delhi’s Sadar Bazar space for allegedly stealing auto-rickshaws and utilizing it for business passenger service, officers stated on Tuesday.
Historical past-sheeter held in Delhi for stealing autos, utilizing them as passenger car
The accused is a history-sheeter with over a dozen earlier instances registered towards him, they stated.
The accused, recognized as Mohammad Afzal, was caught throughout a routine night picket checking close to Motia Khan Chowk on Might 10, an official stated.
Afzal was driving an auto-rickshaw and not using a registration code when the police stopped him for questioning, he added.
“The auto was verified through the ZIPNet database and found to be stolen. It had been reported missing on May 9 from Eidgah Road in Sadar Bazar,” stated Deputy Commissioner of Police , North, Raja Banthia.
He was instantly arrested below related sections of regulation and the stolen car was seized, the DCP added.
Afzal revealed throughout interrogation that he has been concerned in motorized vehicle thefts for over three many years, primarily concentrating on auto rickshaws, police stated.
He used to hold a bunch of duplicate keys to steal the autos, take away their quantity plates after which use them for ferrying passengers, incomes cash till abandoning the car and stealing one other, they stated.
“He confessed that after using the stolen vehicle for a few months, he would dump it in a secluded location and move on to steal another auto using the same modus operandi,” the officer stated.
Afzal is a identified offender and a registered history-sheeter on the Kalyan Puri Police Station, police stated.
He has been beforehand concerned in at the least 11 instances of motorized vehicle theft throughout Delhi, together with instances at Connaught Place, Inderpuri, Jyoti Nagar, Mayur Vihar, Anand Vihar, Barakhamba Highway, New Delhi Railway Station and Welcome Police Station relationship again to 1996, they stated.
Additional investigation is underway to hint extra stolen autos and attainable accomplices, police stated.