Seven members of Karala gang in police net

NEW DELHI: Seven members of Karala gang, including a minor boy, were arrested for their alleged involvement in a series of street crimes, police said on Sunday.

NEW DELHI: Seven members of Karala gang, including a minor boy, were arrested for their alleged involvement in a series of street crimes, police said on Sunday.

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Four stolen motorcycles – two stolen and two used by the gang members to commit crimes – were seized. A stolen scooter, two mobile phones and many recharge coupons were also seized.

Aakash, Monu, Hemant Kakwani, Naresh Kumar, Mohammad Babar and Ravi Kumar are all residents of Karala village in outer Delhi. With their arrest, the police claimed to have solved four recently reported cases of snatching and theft in outer Delhi.

Joint commissioner of police (crime) Ravindra Yadav said the gang members snatched belongings of passersby and stole two-wheelers from parking lots, markets and functions using duplicate keys.

The arrests, Yadav said, came following a tip off that the snatchers would be coming to Karala village to commit another crime.

Yadav said Akash and Monu were arrested first. Based on their interrogation, the rest of them were arrested.