Vehicle lifters using press, police tags on stolen vehicles busted in Ludhiana

The gang of vehicle lifters used police and press tags on their stolen vehicles to reduce their chances of being stopped for a checking; the Ludhiana police seized seven two-wheelers from them

Two members of a gang of vehicle lifters who were using ‘police’ and ‘press’ tags on stolen vehicles to avoid being stopped for checking were arrested on Saturday. Seven two-wheelers were recovered from them and their pick-up jeep was seized.

Apart from using press and police tags , the vehicle lifters also counterfeited plates and documents before selling the vehicle. (HT Photo)

The accused are Raja, 19, of Raghunath Colony and Beant Singh , 42, of Guru Nanak Colony near Surjit Cinema in Dhandari Kalan. Raja was also employed as a labourer at a hosiery factory on Chandigarh Road, while Beant drove an auto rickshaw.

Deputy commissioner of police (DCP, investigation) Simratpal Singh Dhindsa said that the accused used duplicate keys to lift the motorcycles. They would sell them to different people after changing the number plate and preparing fake documents of the vehicle.

Raja was arrested from Raghunath Colony and Beant Singh from a T-point in Mundian Kalan on Chandigarh Road. The accused confessed to have stolen the motorcycles from Sahnewal, Salem Tabri and the Giaspura area.

Beant said he had turned to crime to meet his drug habit. A case was registered under Section 379 (theft ), 411 (receiving stolen property) and 473 ( counterfeits) of the Indian Penal Code at the Jamalpur police station.