Inter-State gang dealing in stolen luxury cars busted

DIMAPUR: In a major success, the Gurugram Police with help from Nagaland Police busted a gang that stole luxury cars from Delhi, the 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 in Uttar Pradesh were arrested by the Crime unit Sector-10 of Gurugram Police recently. The accused later confessed that the gang used to sell high-end luxury cars in Nagaland to an illegal car dealer named Kikheto in Nagaland.

Later, the police nabbed Kikheto from Dimapur district in Nagaland. Kikheto too confessed before the police that he had sold 50 luxury cars. Revealing the modus operandi of the gang, Gurugram Police said that they used to change the numbers of engines of the stolen cars, chassis and registration, before selling them in the north-eastern States. The police also seized two such number plates, one tablet (used to unlock the vehicles), three sockets, a lead, a plate instrument, adevice emulator and a master key from the duo.

Meanwhile, Kikheto also spilled the beans of fabricating the numbers of the stolen car engines, their chassis as well as registration.

Police has seized a tablet, four fake engines and chassis as well as number plates (of Arunachal Pradesh) from the dealer's possession. On December 26, the car dealer was produced before a Gurugram Court, which sent him to 13-day police remand. On January 12, he was again produced in the district Court which again sent him to four-day police remand.

Preet Pal Sangwan, ACP (Crime) said, ''During interrogation, the kingpin revealed that after buying stolen vehicles on a large scale from various States including Haryana, Delhi, the NCR region, and Rajasthan, he fraudulently changed the engine numbers and chassis numbers of those vehicles.

''After making fake registrations, he used to sell those vehicles. The accused also confessed that around 50 such luxury vehicles have been sold in Gurugram. Further probe is underway.'' (Agencies)

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