With the arrest of three persons, the city police has claimed to have busted an inter-state gang
of car lifters,who used steal vehicles/from the city and furthersell in other statesat throw-away
prices. The accused have confessed to have been involved in ten incidents of car theft reported in the recent
past.the accused were said to be experts in stealing maruti 800 car.after lifting the vehicle,they used
to sell it for mere rs 15,000.
The accused have been indentified as satwinder singh of amritsar,mandeep singh of payal and vishal kumar
of loraha road. Satwinder is said to be the kingpin of the gang. He is wanted by jalandhar and amritsar police in connection
of seven car-lifting cases .
Besides drill machine, the police has recovered fake stamps of the transport office of the haryana government.
Giving details about the arrest ,davinder kumar, sho, divison no.4 said the accused were nabbed following a
tip-off.
The accused were travelling in a maruti ommi van, which was stolen form gyaspura road a few days ago.the accused
had changed the number plate of the vehicle.
The sho said vishal was suffering from the night blindness and could not see during the night. Vishal used to racce
the place and indentify the veshile to be stolen. Further,satinder and mandeep used to steal the vechile at night.