Accused in police custody.
In Uttar Pradesh’s Noida, police have arrested a gang of car thieves by hacking electronic locks. Six thieves, including the mastermind of this gang, were caught by the police on Tuesday. Police have also seized 10 stolen luxury cars from him. Apart from UP, the gang used to sell stolen vehicles by creating fake documents in several states of the country including Delhi, Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan.
The Sector-113 police said the arrested criminals included the masterminds of the gang, Sonu, Khalil, Monu Kumar, Rajesh Kakkar, Ali Sher alias Imran and Pramod. Eighth pass Sonu is expert in hacking electronic locks of vehicles. The gang used to steal luxury vehicles with duplicate keys by re-programming ECM (Electronic Content Management) machines to generate new codes.
The accused said that it takes 5-10 minutes to commit the crime. After stealing the cars, the gang used to remove their number plates etc. Then the car was parked in a safe parking place or a different place for 2-3 days. After that, they used to sell vehicles in other states by making fake documents and affixing new number plates.
This is how they used to commit crimes
The miscreants said that when they took the stolen vehicles to other hideouts, the gang members would keep alerting them along the way that the road ahead was clear. That is, there is no police. If they had seen the police ahead they would have parked the car on the side. Then they stayed there until the police left on the pretext of getting it fixed.
Over 200 cars stolen
The buyers of the stolen vehicles were from states like Punjab, Haryana, Maharashtra, Chennai and North-East. The gang admitted to stealing more than 200 vehicles. Apart from UP, all the stolen vehicles were sold in several states of the country, including Delhi, Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan, which are being traced.
A lead has been found from CCTV camera footage
DCP said that a person’s Fortuner was stolen from Sortha village a few days ago. The miscreants were caught on CCTV cameras while committing the theft. Based on the video, the police identified the miscreants and started preparing a plan to arrest them. A team of 15 policemen was formed under the leadership of ACP. On Monday, the gang’s culprits were arrested when they entered Noida limits to steal again.
