ALLAHABAD: The city reported the highest number of
auto theft cases among all districts falling under the
Allahabad zone with a total of 615 auto-lifting cases being reported between January 1 and April 30, 2018.
As many as
931 auto-lifting cases were registered in police records in the districts comprising the Allahabad zone, between January 1 and April 30, 2018.
As per the data released by the district police on Wednesday, four to five cases of auto-lifting were reported in the city every day, on an average, between the period.
Allahabad zone comprises eight districts—Allahabad, Patapgarh, Kaushambi, Fatehpur, Banda, Hamirpur, Mahoba and Chitrakoot.
The lease number of auto theft cases were reported from Mahoba—12—between January 1 and April 30, 2018.
At 150 cases, Pratapgarh registered the second highest number of
auto thefts, while Fatehpur and Kaushambi registered 45 and 44 cases respectively.
In the four-month period, Banda, Hamirpur and Chitrakoot registered 32, 14 and 19 cases of auto thefts respectively.
IG (Allahabad range) Ramit Sharma directed police officials to chalk out an effective plan to tighten the noose around gangs involved in auto-lifting.
“The police has started focussing on inter-district and inter-state gangs. The police came to know about their involvement following the arrest of some auto-lifters,” said a crime branch official on condition of anonymity.
“The police are also going through the statements of three arrested auto-lifters, who divulged that auto-lifters travel from the neighbouring district come to Allahabad in the morning and flee with the stolen motorcycles in the evening,” the official added.
As per police data, smaller districts of Allahabad zone—Chitrakoot (19), Mahoba (12), Hamirpur (14), and Kaushambi (44)—have reported fewer number of auto thefts when compared to larger districts like Allahabad (615), Fatehpur (45) and Pratapgarh (150).
Moreover, more cases of auto lifting were registered in Colonelganj, Civil Lines, and Kydganj circles compared to other urban pockets because of more numbers of coaching institutes, marriage pandals, market complex, hospitals and other business establishments.