New Delhi: With the arrest of one notorious auto-lifter cum snatcher namely, Imran @ Putki s/o Mohd. Arif r/o Jhuggi, Mangal Bazaar Chowk, Jahangirpuri, Delhi (aged 24 years), team of special arrest solved 03 theft cases by recovering 3 stolen two-wheelers (1 Bike & 2 Scooties). Accused found to be habitual & active criminal, previously found involved in 7 cases of snatching, arms act & theft. He recently came out from jail on bail on 18.11.21 and is facing trial in another 4 snatching cases of PS Mahendra Park.
In order to curb crime & criminals in the area of North-West District, Special Staff was directed to keep close vigil over suspicious persons in the area. On 25.03.2022, at about 6.30 PM, a credible information was received regarding a notorious criminal that he is roaming in the area in order to commit snatching. Immediately, a team comprising of SI Dinesh Beniwal, ASI Suresh, HC Devender, Ct. Pradeep, Ct. Deepak & Ct. Sagar was constituted and positioned at Mangal Bazaar road, Jahangirpuri under the close supervision of Insp. Amit Kumar, ATO/ PS Subhash Place & Sh. Satish Dahiya, ACP/Operations. On pointing out by the informer, a person was noticed roaming suspiciously on a bike. The team acted swiftly and by displaying keen sense of alertness & swift response, they were able to apprehend him. He was identified as Imran @ Putki s/o Mohd. Arif r/o Jhuggi, Mangal Bazaar Chowk, Jahangirpuri, Delhi (aged 24 years). He was roaming on bike Bajaj Dominar D-250 bearing registration No. DL4SCW4500. On verification of recovered bike, it was found stolen vide e-FIR no. 006566 dated 13.03.2022 u/s 379 IPC PS Mukherjee Nagar, Delhi.
During his sustained interrogation, 02 more stolen scooties: (1) TVS Jupiter black colour bearing registration number DL4SCP8855 found stolen vide e-FIR No. 007086 dated 19.03.2022 u/s 379 IPC PS Bhalaswa Dairy and (2) Honda Activa white colour bearing registration number DL12SF5183 found stolen vide e-FIR No. 007410 dated 22.03.2022 u/s 379 IPC PS Keshaw Puram, Delhi were also recovered at his instance. He found to be a habitual & active criminal, previously found involved in 7 cases of snatching, arms act & theft. He recently came out from jail on bail on 18.11.21 and is facing trial in another 4 snatching cases of PS Mahendra Park. He disclosed that he was roaming in the area and looking for easy targets to commit snatchings, alongwith his associate to earn easy money.
Worked out cases:-
- e-FIR no. 006566 dated 13.03.2022 u/s 379 IPC PS Mukherjee Nagar, Delhi
- e-FIR No. 007086 dated 19.03.2022 u/s 379 IPC PS Bhalaswa Dairy, Delhi
- e-FIR No. 007410 dated 22.03.2022 u/s 379 IPC PS Keshaw Puram, Delhi
Recovery:-
- One stolen bike Bajaj Dominar D-250 bearing registration number DL4SCW4500
- One stolen TVS Jupiter black colour bearing registration number DL4SCP8855
- One stolen Honda Activa white colour bearing registration number DL12SF5183
Further investigation is in progress.