Summary:
Three persons were arrested on Saturday for allegedly stealing four-wheelers and replacing their registration numbers with the vehicles scrapped by insurance companies, before selling them in the second-hand market. They would then steal similar vehicles and use the registration numbers of the scrapped vehicles for the stolen ones. After running the racket since the past year, the Azad Maidan police in south Mumbai received a tip off about the gang. Police said the three would purchase four-wheelers that were scrapped by insurance companies, with proper paperwork. “We have recovered four-wheelers worth Rs 23.5 lakh from the accused,” the officer added..