14 vehicles and 9 mobiles are recovered with 1 arrest

       06.02.19

                        Keeping in view the increasing MV theft & snatching incidents in Chandigarh, a special team was constituted for the prevention and detection of crime especially MV theft & snatching incidents. The Special team did commendable job by arresting accused namely Pardeep Kumar (18 ½  Years) S/o Nand Kishore R/o H.no. 1405/A, Small Flats, Dhanas, Chd and apprehending one juvenile.

With the arrest of above said accused total 14 number of  vehicles (7 M/C & 7 Activa), stolen from different area of Chandigarh and 9 mobile phones were recovered from their possession and 14 cases of vehicle theft of different police stations of Chandigarh (PS-36=02, PS-34=04, PS-17=06, PS-49=01, PS-26=01) and 05 cases of snatching (PS-36=03, PS-19=2) have been worked out. The detail of worked out cases is as under:-

Worked out MV Theft Cases:-

Worked out Snatching Cases:-

Modus Oprandi:-

During the interrogation of accused it has been revealed that both the accused belong to a very poor family. They are having fond of driving the vehicles especially two wheelers. So they used duplicate key to open bike/activa and after stolen the motorcycles/activa, they snatched the phone from the ladies going alone. Both the accused used the stolen bike for their ride as well as to commit crime until the fuel finished. When the fuel is finished, they left the stolen bike there and stolen another bike.

Further interrogation is in progress and more recoveries of vehicles can be affected from their possession. Today the accused are being produced in the court.