GORAKHPUR: The arrest of two men with a stolen car in Basti helped the district police bust a car-lifting gang on Saturday. The accused were intercepted under the Haraiya police station limits of Basti. The car was stolen from Kanpur on November 9.
The two men -- identified as Jalaun residents Parvez Ahmed and Riasat Ali -- were heading to Nepal to sell the stolen car there, said police. Pervez is a suspended constable of UP Police of the 1995 batch.
During an inspection at a toll plaza, cops signalled the accused duo to stop the car but they turned around the vehicle, stopped in front of a house after a few kilometres, and Parvez started to put on his police uniform. However, their attempt to mislead the police didn’t succeed and they were caught red-handed.
Sharing further information, Shailesh Kumar, police station in-charge of Hariya, said, “Pervez was driving the car. They had changed the number plate of the stolen car two times on the way.”