Manipur-based auto thieves’ gang busted, 1 arrested

Delhi | Tuesday | 12th November, 2019

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New Delhi, November 11A member of an auto thieves’ gang operating in Manipur has been arrested for selling luxury vehicles using forged documents with the help of his associates in the Delhi-NCR, the police said on Monday. Mohammad Ajish Khan (27), belonging to Manipur’s Thoubal district, was arrested on October 12 when he was driving a stolen car on the NH-24, they said. Khan, along with his associates, would come here to take luxury cars from auto thieves operating in the Delhi-NCR and later deliver the vehicles to the kingpin, Juma Khan, in Manipur, the police said. The gang used to rob around 15 cars every month and has transported more than 100 cars to Manipur so far. With his arrest, 11 stolen high end luxurious cars worth Rs 2 crore have been recovered in Imphal and Delhi, the DCP said..