<p style=”text-align: justify; “>In a major breakthrough the Crime Branch Chandigarh Police succeeded in nabbing a notorious gang of Auto Lifters who are active in the area of Chandigarh, Mohali, Panchkula, Rajpura, Patiala, Yamuna Nagar and New Delhi and from them 36 stolen vehicles were recovered. Apart from this 15 such vehicles have been identified which were stolen from Delhi and were sold to a scrap dealer in Malout and this scrap dealer further dismantled these vehicles and sold it in parts.<br></p><p style=”text-align: justify; “>The police said on a tip-off, an accused, identified as Chanpreet Singh, alias Channi, a resident of Delhi, was arrested with a stolen Lancer car bearing a fake registration number. The car was stolen from Rajpura near Patiala. </p><p style=”text-align: justify; “><a href=”https://goo.gl/dEq3hN”>Read More | नशे में धुत ट्रक ड्राइवर ने बाइक को मरी टक्कर, दो कि मौत</a></p><p style=”text-align: justify; “>Channi was interrogated, which further led to the recovery of four vehicles, including an Innova, a Maruti car, a motorcycle and a scooter. Channi was earlier arrested by the Panchkula police and was out on bail.</p><p style=”text-align: justify; “>Further investigation led to the arrest of other gang members, identified as Dhanwinder Sharma and Harpreet Singh, both residents of Ambala City, Sher Singh, a resident of Kakroli village in Kurukshetra, and Raj Kumar, a resident of Sandhala village in Yamunanagar district. </p><p style=”text-align: justify; “>SP (Operations) Ravi Kumar said a scrap dealer, Sanjeev Kumar, alias Kali, a resident of Malout, used to purchase the stolen vehicles and further sell these. His interrogation led to the recovery of 21 two-wheelers and four vehicles,” the SP said. </p><p style=”text-align: justify; “>The accused used to steal vehicles from Chandigarh, Panchkula, Mohali, Delhi and various parts of Punjab and Haryana. </p>
