Two school-dropouts involved in motor-cycle thefts to fund their lavish lifestyle and addiction to marijuana and alcohol and to impress girlfriends were arrested by picket staff in front of Cambridge School, Sriniwaspuri in Delhi's South-east District. Police revealed one of the accused Nitin (22) even gifted his girlfriend an iPhone with money received from stolen motor-cycles.
“In view of the incidents of Motor Vehicle (MV) theft in the sistrict, police Staff erected random pickets at Captain Gaur Marg as well as near Cambridge School, Sriniwaspuri. Two motor cyclists on separate bikes were seen coming from Ring Road Ashram side and were going towards Sriniwaspuri. On seeing the police staff, both the riders took u-turn and tried to run away,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (South-East) Chinmoy Biswal stated.
Two accused Nitin (22) and Garvit (19) were arrested after they were asked to produce ownership documents of the bikes but rather than producing any document both accused persons kept on making one excuse or the other, DCP revealed.
“During interrogation, it was revealed that they were childhood friends and desperate for money, they started stealing motor-cycles. Nitin has been previously arrested in five cases of theft and snatching,” DCP added.