5 held for luxury vehicle theft

Five persons have been arrested for alleged involvement in car theft cases in the national capital by Delhi police which claimed to have recovered 20 luxury cars stolen by the accused.
Police claimed following the arrests of the accused, over 30 cases of motor-vehicle theft have been solved.
The accused have been identified as Sanjay Singh, Mobin Ahmed, Salim, Mannan and Kasim.
"The members of the gang would procure documents of luxury cars that had been involved in accidents from Sotiganj Car Scrap market. Then, they would buy the same car from the insurance company at cheap rates.
"After getting the details of the vehicle, the gang members would steal a similar model and modify the engine and chassis number as per the documents of the vehicle they bought from the insurance company. The 'modified' vehicle would then be sold to buyers at market rates, said DCP (South) Ishwar Singh today," a police official said.

According to police, Mannan was a history sheeter and was arrested by the Crime Branch in 2008 in connection with a robbery in Dhaula Kuan and was released a year back.