Police bust car-lifting gang; two held, stolen car recovered

The two men -- identified as Jalaun residents Parvez Ahmed and Riasat Ali -- were heading to Nepal to sell the stolen car there, said police.

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 accused were intercepted under the Haraiya police station limits of Basti. (Representational photo)

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.”