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NORTH DISTRICT08th March 2011

GANG OF INTER STATE AUTO LIFTERS BUSTED AND FIVE LUXURY VEHICLES RECOVERED.

With the arrest of one auto lifter namely, Rizwan @ Kazim @ Kaju aged 20 years s/o Late Haji Jilani r/o H. No. 36, Khala Par, Mujaffar Nagar U.P., police officials of North District have busted the gang of auto lifters of luxury cars. Five stolen Luxury vehicles have been recovered at his instance.

INCIDENT AND TEAM

On 02.03.2011, an information was received that an inter state auto lifter will go towards Jama Masjid and will pass through Chandgi Ram Akhara, Civil Lines, on a stolen Maruti Car running on fake registration. On this information a raiding team consisting of SI Prabhanshu, ASI Om Prakash, HC Ishwar, HC Mahesh, Ct. Vivek, Ct. Virender and Ct. Vivek was constituted under the supervision of Insp. Shalender Tomar, Insp./AATS and overall supervision of Sh. R. K. Singh ACP/Operation Cell, North District, Delhi. The raiding team took their position near Chandgi Ram Akhara, Civil Lines and started checking of the vehicles. A person namely Rizwan @ Kazim @ Kaju was apprehended, where he had on a Maruti 800 CC Car No. DL 3CH 1649. He could not produce any documents pertaining to this car. After sustained interrogation he confessed that he alongwith his associates had stolen this car from the area of PS Paschim Vihar and is driving the same car with forged registration number plate. On further verification, the said Maruti Car revealed to be stolen from PS Paschim Vihar vide FIR No. 75/11 U/S 379 IPC. Hence, a case vide FIR No. 36/11 dated 02.03.2011 u/s 468/471/411 IPC was registered at PS Civil Line and investigation was taken up. At his instance other four luxury vehicles have been recovered.

INTERROGATION

During interrogation, it was revealed that accused Rizwan @ Kazim @ Kaju is an interstate auto lifter and associate of notorious autolifters Sikandar @ Amit, Shabbu, Noor Mohammad, Aslam, Jahid, Shahnoor @ Anda and Raju Bengali. Some members of the gang have their network in Delhi who after receiving tip off from Raju Bengali and other associates, this gang used to steal vehicles. The theft was always made during night and master keys were used by them to unlock the vehicles. These vehicles were soon after driven out from Delhi and supplied to Sikandar and Shabbu who prepare the fake documents and even tamper the engine and chasis numbers. Some times registration numbers of disposed vehicles are used to show the stolen vehicle to be genuine.

PROFILE

Rizwan @ Kazim @ Kaju, aged 20 years s/o Late Hazi Jilani r/o H. No. 36, Khala Par, Mujaffar Nagar U.P., is 9th among his twelve brothers and sisters. Sale of meat and animal skin is his family business. He has got education up to primary level.

RECOVERY

Five luxury vehicles have been recovered at the instance of accused Rizwan @ Kazim @ Kazu and all of them have been connected with cases as mentioned below:-

S. No. / Vehicles / FIR No. / U/S / Police Station
1. / Maruti Esteem No. UP 16A 1102 / 57/11 / 379 IPC / Kalka Ji
2. / Scorpio No. DL 3CAS 0326 / 83/10 / 379 IPC / Prasad Nagar
3 / Maruti 800 CC No. DL 4CP 5626 / 75/11 / 379 IPC / Paschim Vihar
4. / Maruti 800 CC No. DL 3C K 6478 / 7/11 / 379 IPC / Amar Colony
5 / TATA Safari No. DL 3CAF 9690 / 172/10 / 379 IPC / South Rohini

(SURENDER SINGH YADAV) IPS

Deputy Commissioner of Police

North District, Delhi

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CRIME BRANCH

Dated: 08/03/2011

Father, son and daughter-in-law arrested

Interstate drugging gang busted.

5 cases of Delhi, UP and Haryana worked out.

1 stolen vehicle recovered.

A team of officers of the Crime Branch led by Inspr. Sajjan Singh and consisting of SI Sumer Singh, ASI Joginder Singh, HC Pawan, HC Suresh, HC Deepak, W/HC Suman, Ct. Anil, Ct. Rajesh, Ct. Manoj, Ct. Pankaj, Ct. Deepak and Ct. Surender under the supervision of ACP Bir Singh Yadav have busted an interstate gang that hired vehicles and after drugging the drivers decamped with the vehicles. Two male members and one female member of the gang have been apprehended. 1 Toyota Qualis vehicle has been recovered. 5 cases of police stations Delhi, Roorkee, Dehradun and Panipat have been worked out.

Information was received on 07/03/2011 by HC Pawan that a family involved in hiring vehicles, drugging the driver and decamping with the vehicle would come at Sonia Vihar in Toyota Qualis Car in East Delhi. This information was further developed. On specific information a trap was laid and 3 members were apprehended. They were identified as i) Ishrat Ali (aged 25 years) s/o Meharban r/o Vill. Harsoli PS Shahpur Muzaffarnagar, UP, ii) Shahida (aged 25 years) w/o Ishrat Ali r/o Vill. Harsoli PS Shahpur Muzaffarnagar, UP and iii) Meharban (aged 50 years) s/o Riyajuddin r/o Vill. Harsoli PS Shahpur Muzaffarnagar, UP. Toyota Qualis Car in which they were traveling was seized. A case under the appropriate sections of law has been registered.

The accused persons were subjected to intensive interrogation. They disclosed thatduring the journey, they used to stay overnight in a hotel by using fake name and address. They used to then mix the sedative “NITROVATE” in alcoholic or soft drink or milk and give it to the driver. After the driver fell unconscious they used to check out from the hotel and decamp with the vehicle.

2 cases of Roorkee, 1 case of Delhi, 1 case of Dehradun of Uttranchal and 1 case of Panipat, Haryana of drugging the drivers and then decamping with the vehicles have been worked out.

Meharban is also involved in a murder case of Dehradun where he shot dead Niraj Goyal due to previous enmity. Since then he has been absconding.

Concerned police stations of Uttaranchal and Haryana have been informed regarding the arrest.

Further investigation is in progress.

(ASHOK CHAND)

DY.COMMISSIONER OF POLICE:

CRIME & RAILWAYS, DELHI.

Dated 08.03.2011

Sixth Cricket betting syndicate busted by Crime Branch.

3 persons arrested.

Lap top, mobile phones, TV, data cards, Set Top Box, TV, calculators and note books recovered.

The Crime Branch in its continued crack down against betting syndicates operating during the World Cup Cricket Match have again busted a betting syndicate which was operating during the World Cup Cricket Match between England and South Africa and India and Ireland in the area of Delhi at Ranhola village Nangloi Delhi. This is the sixth betting syndicate that has been busted. 3 organizers of betting syndicate have been arrested and laptop, mobile phones, TV, data cards, Dish TV, Remote, Calculator, pens, note books etc have been recovered.

Information was received by HC Rajbir Singh that there will be betting on cricket match between England v/s South Africa and India v/s Ireland. This information was further developed and on 06.03.2011, while the World Cup Cricket Match between India v/s Ireland was on, specific information was received that betting was taking place in a room situated in Braham Puri Colony at Ranhola village Nangloi Delhi. After observing all codal and legal formalities, a raid was conducted.

From the above premises three accused persons were apprehended who were identified as i) Naveen (aged 29 years) s/o Om parkesh r/o Nangloi Delhi, ii) Vijay Kumar (aged 34 years) s/o Pooran Singh r/o Nangloi and iii) Amit Mittal @ Bitoo (aged 28 years) s/o Mange Ram r/o Najafgarh Delhi. 1 laptop, 7 mobile phones, 1 TV, 2 note books, 1 data card, 2 calculators and 1 set top box were recovered.

The modus operandi of the betting is that the rates of the odds between the two cricket playing teams originate from outside India. On the basis of that, the bets are taken during the match. After the match is over, profit and losses are calculated by a specifically generated software known as “Back 'N' Lay Pro'. The rates keep fluctuating with the fall of wickets and the runs scored. In a 50 overs ODI, generally there are 5 sessions of 10 overs each and betting is done separately on each session. The laptop is used by them for data entry and management. The mobile phones are used for getting the rates of the odds on the match and for taking bets from the punters. The recording facility on the mobile phone is used for keeping records of the bets placed by the punters. One set of mobile phones are specifically used for receiving the rates o betting which fluctuates ball by ball. Apart from receiving rates on telephone they also receive the rates on internet for which they use the data cards. The data for betting was also maintained manually on the notebooks as a back up. They had received bets from the punters to the tune of rupees more than 2 Crores, 79 Lacs.

Total Recoveries

  1. Laptop- 1
  2. Mobile Phones - 7
  3. TV - 1
  4. Note books - 2
  5. Data Card - 1
  6. Calculators - 2
  7. Set top Box- 1

Profile

1. Naveen (aged 29 years) s/o Om Parkesh r/o Nangoli Delhi. He runs a business of sale and purchase of used car in the area of Nangloi, Delhi.

2. Vijay Kumar (aged 34 years) s/o Pooran Singh r/o Nangloi, Delhi. He runs a business of mobile cum STD shop in the area of Veena Enclave, Nangloi Delhi.

3. Amit Mittal @ Bitoo (aged 28 years) s/o Mange Ram r/o Najaf Garh Delhi. He supplies medicine to different hospitals and Nursing Homes on commission basis. He has a degree of D-Pharma.

The team under Addl. DCP P.S. Kushwah and consisting of ACP M.C. Katoch, Insp. Akshay Kumar, SI Rajni Kant, HC Rajbir, HC Surajbir, HC Rajesh, HC Prem, W/HC Pankaj, Ct. Anand and Ct. Pradeep Hooda busted the betting syndicate operating in the area of Ranhola, Delhi.

(ASHOK CHAND)

Dy. Commissioner of Police,

Crime & Railways, Delhi.

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DELHI POLICE DATED: 08.03.11

GANG OF INTER STATE THEIVES BUSTED

SPECILIZED IN COMMITING THEFTS IN HIGH SECURITY AIRPORTS

CASH RS.2 LAKH RECOVERED

INTRODUCTION

With the arrest of three persons namely Dwarkesh Dodde Gowda r/o Room No. 4, Kalandi Apartment, Nala Supara East, Mumbai, Maharastra, age - 43 yrs (2) Ushakant R/o River Heaven Building No.12, Room No. 196, Gulmohar Road, Juhu, Mumbai age 53 Yrs (3) Shanker r/o H.No. IIIrd floor, Room no 302, Megh Malhar Building, Shivaji Nagar Check Naka, Thane, Mumbai, age-57 yrs, IGI Airport Police arrested gang of inter-state thieves specialized in committing thefts in high security Airports.

INCIDENT, TEAM & ARREST

On 25/02/2011, an incident regarding theft of Rs 4 Lacs from passenger namely Sunil Kumar Totlani inside IGIAirport, T-3 terminal in high security area was reported at PS IGI Airport. In the matter case FIR No. 104/11, u/s 379 IPC PS IGI Airport was registered. In view of ongoing ICC world cup and regular visits of VVIPs and the higher level security by CISF inside Terminal-3 of Airport, special team of Insp Sunil Kumar, SI Neeraj Chaudhary, SI Bhup Singh, HC Anil, Ct K. Ram, Ct Jitender & Ct Rakesh was constituted under leadership of Insp. Ramesh Kumar & under overall supervision of Md. Irshad Haider, ACP. They geared up their resources and developed information about such active criminals involved and arrested in the cases of similar modus- operandi in the past few years. The team, after analyzing lot of material/ record zeroed on the dossiers of above-said persons. The selected persons were found arrested in year 2008 in similar cases. Accordingly, the team obtained the CCTV footage from the IGIAirport and from the footage confirmed the involvement of above-said accused persons. Accordingly, the team started to get information about their activities through electronic surveillance.

In the process, after getting the specific information, the team arrested abovementioned Dwarkesh Dodde Gowda r/o Room No. 4, Kalandi Apartment, Nala Supara East, Mumbai, Maharastra, age - 43 yrs (2) Ushakant R/o River Heaven Building No.12, Room No. 196, Gulmohar Road, Juhu, Mumbai age 53 Yrs (3) Shanker r/o H.No. IIIrd floor, Room no 302, Megh Malhar Building, Shivaji Nagar Check Naka, Thane, Mumbai, age-57 yrs, from Sector -10, Dwarka, near Dwarka Court, Metro Station where they came regarding their earlier case.

MODUS-OPERANDI

The accused persons used to commit thefts in Airports in all over India, as the targets are rich and wealthy in these places. In the process, first they choose the target and then Dwarkesh took the work of diverting the attention of targeting passenger and started talking with him. In the meantime Shanker provided the cover to Ushakant. Then Usha Kant stole the Money/valuables from the baggage / hand bag of the targeted passenger. They used to wear good formal clothings during the commission of crime. After that, they transferred the stolen money/ articles in their luggage to avoid detection.

INTERROGATION

On sustained interrogation it was revealed that

1. Dwarkesh Dodde Gowda r/o Room No. 4, Kalandi Apartment, Nala Supara East, Mumbai, Maharastra was born in the year 1965 at Bangalore. He came to Mumbai in 1980 and started doing small job. He fell into bad company and started committing theft at Airport. He alongwith his associates Usha Kant & Shanker used to visit Delhi, Chennai, KolkattaAirport and committed theft of cash and jewelry of co-passengers in arrival hall. Earlier he was arrested in Case FIR No.53/08 u/s 379/411 IPC PS Domestic Airport, Delhi and had stolen jewellery worth Rs 4.5 Lacs and cash Rs 6 Lacs from the briefcase of one Sh. Somany. Accused is a member of gang who commits theft at various airports in India. The accused has earlier been arrested in case FI R NO. 17/08 U/s 379/411 IPC PS Domestic Airport, Delhi also.

2. Accused Usha Kant Janardhan Sonawane s/o Janardan R/o River Heaven Building No.12, Room No. 196, Gulmohar Road, Juhu, Mumbai age 53 Yrs lived in Mumbaifrom his child hood. He fell into bad society and started theft at Airport. He alongwith his associates Dwarkesh & Shanker used to visit Delhi, Chennai, KolkattaAirport and committed theft of cash and jewelry of co-passengers in arrival hall. Earlier he was arrested in Case FIR No. 53/08 u/s 379/411 IPC PS Domestic Airport, and had stolen jewellery worth Rs 4.5 Lacs and cash Rs 6 Lacs from the briefcase of Sh Somany. Accused is a member of gang who commits theft at various airports in India. The accused has earlier been arrested in Case FIR No.17/2008 U/s 379/411 IPC PS Domestic Airport also.

3. Accused Shanker r/o H.No. IIIrd floor, Room no 302, MeghMalharBuilding, Shivaji Nagar Check Naka, Thane, Mumbai, age-57 yrs born at vill Dhudai, Mardvi, Taluka, Kach Gujrat. His father was a puller of cant. He belongs to a poor family. From Mulund, he completed his 10th class. SSC from SethGokulDassTejpalHigh School, Kach, Mandra. His father died in 1992. He worked in a transport agency and also sold the lottires in Mumbai. When he came in contact with his associates namely Dwarkesh & Usha Kant and started offence of theft at Airports. Earlier he was arrested in Case FIR No.53/08 u/s 379/411 IPC PS Domestic Airport, Delhi and had stolen jewellery worth Rs 4.5 Lacs and cash Rs 6 Lacs from the briefcase of Sh Somany. Accused is a member of gang who commits theft at various airports in India. The accused has earlier been arrested in case FIR No. 15/2006 U/s 379/511 IPC PS Airport Mumbai, Case FIR NO. 17/08 U/s 379/411 IPC PS Domestic Airport, Delhi also.

The accused persons disclosed that, in their young age, they were fond of horse racing and used to spend money in this event and for the purpose, they involved in pick-pocketing & theft. Even now, they are involved in betting in cricket. In the process, the often fall in the web of loan. After the present incident, first they cleared their loan through the stolen money.

All the above three persons are involved in such cases of thefts in Airports etc for the last 15 yrs and have committed more than 100 thefts, but in most of the cases, the amount involved is not so big and the complainant was travelling, the incidents were gone unreported. Further involvements of the accused persons are being verified. In this regard, a Wireless Message has been sent to all zonal airports .

RECOVERY

1. Cash Rs. 2 Lakh

2. Documents of complainant.

INVOLVEMENTS

Case FIR No. 15/2006 u/s 379/511 IPC PS Airport Mumbai, Delhi.

Case FIR No. 17/08 u/s 379/411 IPC PS DomesticAirport, Delhi

Case FIR No. 53/08 u/s 379/411 IPC PS DomesticAirport, Delhi

FURTHER INVESTIGATION

A wireless message has been flashed to all airports regarding any such indent and involvement of above mentioned persons. A team of DelhiIGIAirport has been sent to Mumbai to ascertain the facts and other involvements of above mentioned persons.

MESSAGE FOR PUBLIC

1.Do not leave your hand baggage/personal belongings somewhere else either on trolley or seat/sofa without any assistance.

2.Stakeholders at the airport are trying their best to cover each and every movement inside the airport with CCTV, but at the same time, commuters should be vigilant, taking utmost care of their belongings.

3.Any mishappening at Airport should be reported immediately.

[ R.A. Sanjeev ]

Dy. Commissioner of Police

IGIAirport, New Delhi.

8th March, 2011

SENSATIONAL BLIND MURDER CASE OF A LADY WORKED OUT WITHIN 24 HOURS