Delhi Police bust 'Thak-Thak' gang

With the apprehension of a juvenile and the arrest of a man, Delhi Police today claimed to have busted a gang which allegedly stole valuables from vehicles after distracting the drivers.
The accused persons allegedly ran an organized gang known as the 'Thak-Thak' gang.
"The members of the gang distract the car driver either by knocking hard ('Thak-Thak' in Hindi) on the car windows or by puncturing tyres or by minor accidents.
"While the driver is distracted, one of the gang members flees with the valuables kept in the car. Juveniles are used for puncturing tyres as well as stealing valuables," said Ravindra Yadav, joint commissioner of police (crime).

A Chandni Chowk-based jeweller approached police with a complaint alleging that a bag containing gold and diamond jewellery worth Rs 1 crore was stolen from his car.
His car was allegedly punctured by the members of the gang near Barapullah flyover at Sarai Kale Khan.

A man, allegedly from the gang, knocked on his window to tell him that his car tyre was punctured and while the victim got down to change the wheel, a member of the gang fled with the bag, police said.
A Crime Branch team led by ACP Ishwar Singh was deputed to investigate the case under the supervision of DCP (Crime) Ram Gopal Naik.

The team gathered information about gangs with similar modus operandi and their active members.
On February 28, information was received that some of the accused persons had gone to Chandigarh to commit similar crimes.
A team was sent to Chandigarh and it was found that the accused have returned to Delhi, said Yadav.
The raiding team arrived in Delhi and the accused were apprehended on March 1 from near Sarai Kale Khan Bus Terminal.
One of the accused, Deepak (35) told police that he got associated with the 'Thak-Thak' gang for easy money and has been involved in 50 thefts across northern India.

The articles worth Rs 1 crore have been recovered.
The accused could not sell the jewellery items since they are expensive and if they went out to sell them it would have attracted attention, police said.