The accused -- 25-year-old Mohammad Yaseen Bhat, a resident of Ganderbal, and 29-year-old Parvez Ahmad of Baramulla -- were caught by a team of police near Hans Cinema on GTK Road in Model Town, said DCP of Northwest Delhi Vijay Singh.
They were found driving a car that was stolen from Model Town area on August 23. An FIR was registered in this connection at Model Town police station, he said.
Besides the stolen car, eight master keys and one unmarked keys that they had purchased from a market in Jama Masjid area were recovered from them. Further, six bottles of a cough syrup brand were found on them and they confessed to being addicted to it, said the officer.
Mohammad Yaseen Bhat is a proclaimed offender who is involved in half-a-dozen theft cases registered in Ganderbal, Sri Nagar and Anantnag in Jammu and Kashmir, he added.
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