Autolifters gang smashed, kingin is RTO employee's son

Those arrested include Divesh, a student of a local college, who heads the gang which is allegedly involved in at least 80 cases of motorcycle theft, mostly in neighbouring areas of Ghaziabad and Noida.

Senior Superintendent of Police Piyush Mordia told reporters today that Divesh's father is an employee at the local Regional Transport Office and was instrumental in providing fake papers for the stolen vehicles.

The SSP said that the gang members who were arrested yesterday would be charged under the stringent Gangster Act.