A police officer said they have arrested three people, identified as 23-year-old Shivans Tripathi, 34-year-old Salim and 33-year-old Mohammad Raees alias Pappu, all residents of Uttar Pradesh, from the side of the Fortuner. Another stolen SUV has also been recovered.
Fortuner driver Joginder Singh lodged a complaint at Govindpuri police station on March 19 that the car was stolen from Giri Nagar in the area.
Deputy Commissioner of Police, Southeast, Rajesh Dev said that during the investigation, the police team assigned to solve the case reached Badkhal in Faridabad, Haryana and analyzed several CCTV cameras, where specific clues emerged about the involvement of habitual auto thieves Shahid and Tripathi. meet.
On March 22, the police team got a breakthrough when, acting on specific input, Tripathi was nabbed from around Patiala House Court.
During interrogation, he told that he along with his fellow Badkhal resident Shahid and his son-in-law Farooq along with Shahkul carry out the crime of SUV theft from Giri Nagar.
A vehicle used in the crime was recovered at the behest of the accused.Tripathi further told the police that after stealing the Toyota Fortuner, it was taken to the farmhouse of Shahid's son-in-law Farooq in Faridabad. On thorough interrogation, the accused revealed that he along with Shahid had sold the stolen car to a habitual receiver of stolen cars named Salim at Lakhimpur Kheri, who further sold the stolen luxury cars to Moradabad, Sitapur, Hathras Mainpuri (all Sells to receiver in UP). , and Northeastern states.
"Subsequently, the police obtained custodial remand of Tripathi and conducted a raid in Lakhimpur Kheri. At the behest of accused Tripathi, the co-accused brother-in-law was apprehended," the DCP said.
During interrogation, Salim reveals that he had sold the stolen car to another habitual receiver named Raees.Based on this information, Raees was arrested from Sitapur (UP) and he revealed that he had sold it to Furkan.
"On the instance of accused Mohammed Raees, the stolen Toyota Fortuner car of the present case was recovered from Beniya Bagh parking lot in Varanasi," the DCP said. He said that efforts are on to nab other accused.--ssh/vd
Fortuner driver Joginder Singh lodged a complaint at Govindpuri police station on March 19 that the car was stolen from Giri Nagar in the area.
Deputy Commissioner of Police, Southeast, Rajesh Dev said that during the investigation, the police team assigned to solve the case reached Badkhal in Faridabad, Haryana and analyzed several CCTV cameras, where specific clues emerged about the involvement of habitual auto thieves Shahid and Tripathi. meet.
On March 22, the police team got a breakthrough when, acting on specific input, Tripathi was nabbed from around Patiala House Court.
During interrogation, he told that he along with his fellow Badkhal resident Shahid and his son-in-law Farooq along with Shahkul carry out the crime of SUV theft from Giri Nagar.
A vehicle used in the crime was recovered at the behest of the accused.Tripathi further told the police that after stealing the Toyota Fortuner, it was taken to the farmhouse of Shahid's son-in-law Farooq in Faridabad. On thorough interrogation, the accused revealed that he along with Shahid had sold the stolen car to a habitual receiver of stolen cars named Salim at Lakhimpur Kheri, who further sold the stolen luxury cars to Moradabad, Sitapur, Hathras Mainpuri (all Sells to receiver in UP). , and Northeastern states.
"Subsequently, the police obtained custodial remand of Tripathi and conducted a raid in Lakhimpur Kheri. At the behest of accused Tripathi, the co-accused brother-in-law was apprehended," the DCP said.
During interrogation, Salim reveals that he had sold the stolen car to another habitual receiver named Raees.Based on this information, Raees was arrested from Sitapur (UP) and he revealed that he had sold it to Furkan.
"On the instance of accused Mohammed Raees, the stolen Toyota Fortuner car of the present case was recovered from Beniya Bagh parking lot in Varanasi," the DCP said. He said that efforts are on to nab other accused.--ssh/vd
