Inter-state gang of vehicle lifters busted

Inter-state gang of vehicle lifters busted

FPJ BureauUpdated: Friday, May 31, 2019, 09:30 PM IST
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BHOPAL : The city crime branch, on Friday, busted an inter-state gang of vehicle-lifters, which was formed by the four nabbed miscreants when they were lodged in the Central jail. Of the four, three stole the vehicles while the fourth purchased stolen vehicles from them.

Beside their arrest, the sleuths of crime branch also recovered two stolen SUVs and four two-wheelers – worth Rs 16 lakhs from their possession. The accused first met in the jail while serving their terms for different crimes and became friends. After coming out of the jail, they started lifting vehicles.

ASP Crime Shailendra Singh Chauhan said that the nabbed miscreants were identified as Irfan Khan (25), a resident of BDA Quarter in Godarmau, Gandhi Nagar, Rashid (30), a native of Sohagpur in Hoshangabad, Sachin Patel (32) from Devri village in Sohagpur and Saurabh Singh (31) from Aadhar Tal in Jabalpur.

ASP Chauhan further said that Irfan operates a motor garage and in 2010, he was arrested in vehicle-lifting cases and was recently released from Gandhi Nagar central jail. In the jail he came in contact with Rashid who was saccused of killing a youth who molested his sister in the year 2000. They both were recently released from the jail.

Both Rashid and Irfan later got in touch with Mahesh Patel who was said to be the kingpin of vehicle lifters gang and used to operate in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. Mahesh gave Irfan and Rashid tips to operate their gang and promised them that he would help in selling their lifted vehicles in districts of neighbouring states of Madhya Pradesh.

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