Greater Noida: The Ghaziabad police have claimed to have solved Greater Noida’s Brezza loot case, with the arrest of four accused including a car showroom employee and a vehicle workshop owner, while their Gautam Budh Nagar counterparts are yet to make any apparent headway.
On March 14, 27-year-old Anu Dhanda and her daughter were driven for 300 metres by two of the accused who allegedly forcefully entered the vehicle when her husband Nishant (29), a civil engineer, had parked their Brezza near the Migsun cut in Greater Noida’s Omicron 3 and stepped out to buy some vegetables for the house. The mother and daughter were held hostage for a few minutes and dumped 300 metres away.
Indirapuram police late on Sunday arrested the four accused, identified as Loni residents Yash Kasana, Praveen Devdhar and Gaurav Bainsla, and Masuri resident Shahrukh, in Vaishali area. While Yash and Praveen allegedly carried out the loot, Gaurav and Shahrukh were approached by them for selling the car off to prospective buyers, police said.
Indirapuram SHO Sanjeev Sharma told TOI that Gaurav and Shahrukh were in talks to sell off the Brezza for Rs 1.60 lakh with one of their prospective buyers. “Gaurav works at a car showroom in Ghaziabad while Shahrukh owns a workshop. The Brezza, along with the complainant’s iPhone, has been recovered from the possession of the accused,” he said.
The accused had replaced the number plate of the Brezza and put a fake Delhi registration plate, police said.
An FIR has been lodged against them under IPC sections 482 (punishment for using a false property mark), 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating) and 34 (common intention) and arms act in the Indirapuram police station. DCP (central Noida) Harish Chander, however, said that the arrest was a joint operation.