Not being able to earn their ends meet, a 22-year-old dancer and his 20-year-old pupil were arrested from Pul Prahladpur and a 26-year-old man arrested from Ghaziabad, for allegedly being involved in multiple cases of auto-theft. Police recovered 23 stolen motorcycles and 19 cases were worked out with their arrest. According to police, information was received that on Tuesday a gang of auto-thefts would be arriving from Lakarpur, Surajkund side and were going towards Tughlakabad. A trap was laid and two persons were arrested.
The duo was identified as Shubham (22) and Suraj (20). During their interrogation, they disclosed the identity of their associate Deepak (26) a resident of Meerut who used to steal motorcycles from the area of South-East and South Delhi and sell them at Meerut. “The accused persons used to dispose the stolen motorcycles to receivers at Meerut. They got Rs 5,000 for each bike. Motorcycle receivers used to sell the parts of the bike by dismantling them,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southeast) Chinmoy Biswal.
During sustained interrogation, Shubham disclosed that he came to Delhi to become a dancer three-four years ago and a year ago, he opened his own ‘Muskan Dance Academy’ in the area of Pul Prahladpur.
