The Delhi police arrested a man carrying a reward of Rs 1 lakh on charges of stealing 500 luxury cars in Delhi in the past five years, IANS reported on Friday.
The man, identified as Safaruddin, resided in north Delhi’s Nand Nagri areas. He and his gang members arrived from Hyderabad on Friday night.
“A team led by Inspector Neeraj Chaudhary and Sub-Inspector Kuldeep had hailed a car to stop near Gagan Cinema on August 3. The driver, later identified as Safruddin, however sped away but was intercepted after a chase of 50 km at Pragati Maidan and arrested,” Deputy Commissioner of Police Rajesh Deo said.
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On interrogation, Safruddin confessed that he had fixed a target of selling 100 luxury cars in a year in the national capital. The gang had arrived in Delhi from Hyderabad by air along with a laptop and hi-tech gadgetry to break into the targeted cars’ software, GPS and centralised locking systems.
The gang sold the stolen vehicles to their contacts in Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and other states.
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