5 members of vehicle lifters’ gang arrested

Greater Noida: Badaun police on Friday arrested five members of a vehicle lifters’ gang that allegedly executed at least two loots using a similar modus operandi in Gautam Budh Nagar area in the past one month.
The accused have been identified as Nazim, Rahul, Pankaj, Mohsin and Nafees.
According to police, the first incident took place on June 17 when Madhya Pradesh native Sanjay had alleged that the five accused booked his cab from Delhi’s Anand Vihar to Pari Chowk but fled with the vehicle.
The accused had asked Sanjay to halt the vehicle somewhere in Knowledge Park police station when one of them claimed he had to answer nature’s call. However, they fled with the cab after overpowering Sanjay once he stopped the cab.
On June 28, Rajendra, a cab driver, was looking for passengers near Anand Vihar bus stand and three men booked his cab for Pari Chowk area around 12.30am.
Rajender said, “One of them sat on the passenger’s seat while others sat behind. After some time, they asked me to halt, and dragged me out at gunpoint. They then drove away with the car.” Rajendra then complained to the cops.
DCP (central Noida) Harish Chander said that based on the mobile number given by Rajendra, the car was traced to Budaun. The modus operandi used in the two incidents are the same and we informed our Badaun counterpart.
Budaun SP Sankalp Sharma said that they have arrested the accused and they have confessed to the crime.
A fake pistol and two cabs including the WagonR looted from Rajendra and the Swift Dzire looted from Sanjay have been recovered from them.