Five suspected autolifters arrested

Five suspected autolifters were arrested by the Delhi Police for their alleged involvement in more than 100 cases of motorvehicle thefts, police said today.

On April 27, Sanjeev Kumar alias Ganja was nabbed while he was in possession of a stolen Swift Dzire car, bearing a fake number plate, they said.

Subsequently, his other associates Dharmender, Harvinder and Deepak Rana were arrested, police said.

During interrogation, they revealed that for the last one-and-a-half years, they had committed theft of more than 100 cars from Delhi and the neighbouring regions and disposed them off in Meerut, UP, Chandigarh, Faridkot, Punjab, Lucknow and Chhattisgarh, they said.

On May 2, one Shamsher Singh was arrested. He had bought a Chevrolet car stolen from the area of Sangam Vihar in March. Police recovered 17 stolen cars.

The accused used to break open the open window glass of the targeted vehicle and open the door from inside. With the help of drill or magnet they would disable the steering lock, said Alok Kumar, joint commissioner of police (crime).

"They would decode the ECM and key combination with the help of ECM decoder and would then get the car started with the help of a master key,"Fi he added.