Maharashtra: Police bust car theft gang; six arrested

Six persons of a gang allegedly involved in selling stolen cars nationwide were arrested by the Mira Bhayander Vasai Virar MBVV police of Maharashtra a senior official said on FridayCars worth Rs 242 crore stolen from eight places in Delhi have been seized newswire PTI reportedThe probe into the racket began after a Mumbaibased businessman registered a case on December 6 of cheating in a car deal Central Crime Unit senior inspector Rahul Rakh saidOur probe found that several cars had been stolen from various parts of Delhi and were being sold fraudulently We managed to track down the original owners after retrieving car registration chassis number through Google Tracking System and vehicle verification number etc he saidWe found that the accused used to buy these cars knowing they were stolen then change details and sell them in various states We seized eight cars cumulatively worth Rs 242 crore he saidHe identified the accused as Milanrajsingh alias Bapu Sureshkumar Chouhan from Gujarat Tarifhussain Iqbal Khan from Jaipur in Rajasthan Irshad Akbahbhai Ajmeri from Ahmedabad Wasim Altaf Pathan from Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh and Shahid Ayub Khan also from Ujjain as well as number plate maker Nabijan alias Allabaksh Shoukatali AnsariFurther probe into the racket is underway the official addedAlso read Mumbai 51yearold man killed by group of people in Bandra one heldIn a separate incident a 36yearold man detained in connection with a cheating case allegedly attempted suicide at a police station in Maharashtras Thane district police said on FridayThe incident took place at Narpoli police station in Bhiwandi on Thursday when the man identified as Anil Murarilal Gupta was detained for his involvement in a cheating case inspector Pramod Kumbhar saidThe Bandra police nabbed Gupta a resident of Narpoli and took him to the local police station to complete formalities he saidGupta went to the washroom and consumed a poisonous substance He was immediately administered first aid the official saidThe accused feared arrest in connection with the offences of cheating registered against him with the Bandra and Dindoshi police stations he said adding that a case under section 309 attempted suicide of the Indian Penal Code has been registered With inputs from agencies