INTERSTATE GANG OF VEHICLE LIFTERS BUSTED, 09 SUV/SEDAN CARS RECOVERED.
Srinagar 12th March 2020:(PTK)On a reliable information that some persons are involved in illegal selling of SUV’S and Cars in the areas of Narbal, Parimpora at a price much lesser to the actual cost of vehicles by way of luring and duping general public of their legitimate money and selling suspicious stolen vehicles.
In this regard Police Station parimpora registered a case vide FIR No. 16/2020 U/S 420,379,120-B IPC and investigation was taken up.
During the course of investigation 05 accused were arrested & 09 vehicles, which were stolen from different states of the country, were recovered from different locations of Srinagar, Budgam, Baramulla and Bandipora .
The modus operandi of the lifters was to lift these vehicles, identify a similar vehicles of same model/ make and colour operating in a different State with a genuine owner and get a duplicate Registration Number Plate of a genuine vehicles fixed on these stolen vehicles to make them appear similar to existing registered genuine vehicles.
On investigation it came to light that the vehicle with same Registration Number Plates are with the real genuine owners and the lifters tampered the numbers and got duplicate RC’s made to misguide the law enforcing agencies and general public.
Vehicle lifters chose the modus operandi to make general public believe that the stolen vehicles are genuine and are being sold as second hand vehicles by producing fake affidavits.
The general public through the media is requested not to buy any suspicious vehicles from unauthorised dealers/ persons and buy only after proper verification from the Police and RTO’s concerned.
*Details of Accused Arrested so for*
01. Mohammad Ayub Dar @ Ayub Ganastan
S/o Ghulam Ahmad Dar
R/o Ganastan Sumbal.
02. Mohammad Ayub Khan S/o Mohammad Abdullah R/o Gondipora
Beerwah Budgam.
03. Sameer Ahmad
S/o Mohammad Ashraf Wani R/o Ohangam Beerwah Budgam.
04. Liyaqat Ali Dar
S/o Mohammad Yousf Dar R/o Chanabal Pattan.
05. Mohammad Younis Rather R/o Ab Majeed Rather R/o Nasrullah
Pora Budgam.
Details of Vehicles Sized So Far:
1: Vitera Breeza= 03
2: Scorpio =01
3 : Safari =01
4: Alto =01
5: Ciaz =01
6 : Swift =01
7: Swift Dzire = 01
Absconding/yet to be arrested
1:-Hilal Ahmad Lone
S/O Ab Majeed Lone
R/O Wanigam Pattan
2:- Others from Delhi
