Delhi Police Nab Repeat Offenders; Recover Stolen Motorcycle and 14 Mobile Phones
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New Delhi, March 14 (NationPress) - The Delhi Police Crime Branch successfully apprehended two repeat offenders, recovering a stolen motorcycle along with 14 mobile phones that had been reported stolen, authorities confirmed on Saturday.
Police identified the suspects as Roshan alias Gautam Jha alias Bachkana (24) and Kamal alias Kunal (23), both from Madangir, situated in south Delhi.
A specialized team, including Head Constables Nitin and Mohit, and Assistant Sub-Inspector Rajiv, operated under Inspector Amit Solanki, with oversight from ACP Pankaj Arora, all acting under the directive of Sanjeev Kumar Yadav, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime-I), to locate the criminals.
Responding to an anonymous tip-off, the team set up a sting operation and apprehended the suspects near IV Avenue Road red light beneath the Barapullah flyover in Delhi around 11 p.m. on March 12.
Upon investigation, the police seized a stolen Hero HF Deluxe motorcycle with a Delhi registration plate, which had previously been reported missing from the Shakarpur police station area.
Moreover, 14 stolen mobile phones from various brands, such as Vivo, Redmi, Samsung, Oppo, POCO, and OnePlus, were found in Roshan’s possession.
Initial verification indicated that some of these phones were associated with theft cases filed at the Welcome and Sunlight Colony police stations, while further checks on the other devices are ongoing.
Authorities noted that Roshan has a history of involvement in multiple criminal activities, including robbery, attempted robbery, and illegal arms possession, documented at Tigri, Sangam Vihar, and Sagarpur police stations from 2020 to 2022.
Similarly, Kamal has been linked to various offenses related to robbery, gunfire incidents, and breaches of the Arms Act, recorded at the Ambedkar Nagar police station.
During questioning, both suspects admitted to stealing motorcycles and mobile phones across Delhi, selling them in the grey market for quick financial gain.
They were presented in court, where both were remanded to judicial custody. The police are continuing their investigation to identify additional members of the theft ring and to locate the rightful owners of the recovered mobile phones.