Gurugram Police Bust Gang that Sold Stolen Luxury Cars, Kingpin Arrested in Nagaland

DIMAPUR: In a major success, the Gurugram police busted a gang that stole luxury cars from Delhi, NCR region and Rajasthan and then sell them in Nagaland.

The gang was unearthed when two members identified as Ankit of Hisar and Zalal of Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh was arrested by the crime unit Sector-10 of the Gurugram police.

The accused later confessed that the gang would use to sell high-end luxury cars in Nagaland to an illegal car dealer named Kikheto in Nagaland.

Later the police nabbed the Kikheto of Nagaland's Dimapur district who confessed before the police that he has sold as many as 50 luxury cars after fabricating their engine, chassis and registration numbers.

Meanwhile, Gurugram police said that the gang would change the cars engine numbers, chassis numbers and registration numbers, before selling them in the North-Eastern states.

The police also seized 2 number plates, 1 tab (used to unlock vehicles), 3 sockets, 1 lead, 1 plate instrument, 1 device emulator and 1 master key from the duo.

While 1 tab, 4 fake engines/chassis number plates and 4 fake number plates (of Arunachal Pradesh) were also recovered from the possession of the dealer.

The car dealer was on December 26 was produced before a court in Gurugram which sent him to 13 days' police remand and later on January 12 he was again produced in district court which again sent him on 4 days' police remand.

"During questioning the kingpin revealed that he used to buy stolen vehicles from various districts including Haryana, Delhi and NCR region, Rajasthan and other states on a large scale and then fraudulently changed the engine numbers and chassis numbers of those vehicles and after making fake registrations he then sold the vehicles. "The accused confessed that around 50 such luxury vehicles have been sold in Gurugram. Further probe is underway," Preet Pal Sangwan, ACP (crime).

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