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Seven held for stealing 60 luxury bikes in East Delhi

Delhi police has busted a gang of seven member who have allegedly stolen at least 60 luxury motorbikes from all over the East Delhi district.

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Delhi police has busted a gang of seven member who have allegedly stolen at least 60 luxury motorbikes from all over the East Delhi district.

The gang comprised of Ashutosh alias Ashu, Krishna, Monu Sharma, Shivam alias Shrikant, Sumit, Ajay alias Ajju alias Dushyant. All the members of the gang were school dropouts and to fulfil their desire of riding luxury bikes, ended up stealing them.

Police officials say that two of the gang members Ashu and Sumit have previously been involved in around three cases of auto-lifting as well. Police also arrested the receiver of the stolen vehicles identified as Pintu.

"We were able to recover 34 vehicles from Pintu, however the accused had already disposed of 26 vehicles. The stolen vehicles were sold in Mainpuri district of the Uttar Pradesh for just Rs 5,000," said a senior police officer.

Pintu worked as a middleman and sold the bikes to another man whose identity is yet to be established. The parts of motorcycles were then sold in the retail market.

Due to alarming rise of motor vehicular theft in East district, special police teams had been formed to nab the culprits. After much effort, the police finally succeeded in nabbing the accused.

Talking about the gang-members police officials said that Ajay was the senior most. He was an expert in doing stunts on bikes and was a big influence on other others. Ashu would first survey the area and identify vehicles parked on an isolated stretch which the gang would then steal.

Incidentally, this is not the first time that criminals have set their sights on making away with luxury vehicles. A case came to light in April when the East District police caught hold of a gang of auto lifters, who stole luxury cars using high-end gadgets.

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