Crime Branch Busts An Interstate Gang of Burglars, Recovers Stolen Goods Worth Lakhs

In a major breakthrough against fighting crime, the Crime Branch busted an interstate gang of burglars and recovered stolen goods worth lakhs. More than 2000 bags of Plastic PVC Powder worth Rs. 60 Lakh have been recovered, along with 550 rolls of cloth worth Rs. 11 Lakh, 9 packets of stolen cutting wheels, and one motorcycle which had been used in the commission of a crime. The accused have been identified as Vikash Ram (24), Anwar-ul-Haq (22), Rakesh Kumar Shah (22), and Gul Alam (25). Following their arrest, five cases of burglary and theft have been resolved.

As per Ravindra Singh Yadav, Special Commissioner of Police, Crime, Delhi, “It was realized that in recent months, some incidents of burglary have taken place in the warehouses, which have the same modus operandi. Considering the seriousness of the crimes, a team of NR-I of the Crime Branch was put on the task to work upon these cases.”

In that regard, the available CCTV footage were extensively checked. HC Karamjeet and HC Kuldeep received specific information about the whereabouts of one Vikas, member of Bihar based burglary gang. A raiding team was immediately constituted under the leadership of Inspr. Alok Kumar Rajan and Inspr. Sanjay Kaushik, SI Narender, ASI Virender, ASI Sandeep., ASI Yogesh, ASI Ashok, ASI Ramesh, HC Karamjeet, HC Kuldeep, HC Sanjeev under the supervision of ACP Sh. Vivek Tyagi by Sh. Vichitra Veer, DCP/Crime.

The team conducted a raid at the godown at Sanoth Village, Delhi. After sensing the police presence, the accused tried to escape but due to the quick intervention of the team members, all the four persons present there were overpowered and apprehended.

They were thoroughly interrogated and a huge quantity of stolen goods was recovered on their instance. The recovery includes more than 2000 packets of stolen PVC powder worth about Rs. 3000/- each (stolen from the Khera village area), 555 rolls of cloth cost approx. Rs. 2000/- each(stolen from a godown situated in the area of Khera, Delhi). 9 packets of stolen cutting wheels and M/Cycle used in the commission of crime were also recovered.

Later, in the investigation, it was found that the accused Vikash Kumar Ram is the gang leader, who specializes in burglaries of large quantities of goods from warehouses. Vikas and his associates used to conduct recce on motorcycles around the areas of warehouses in the outskirts, with the objective of identifying the warehouses that are not secure enough or are not opened for days.

In the meantime, they also used to take some warehouses on rent either by promising the owner that they’ll get the rent agreement signed soon or by giving them fake identification documents. They have also obtained SIM cards and cell phones on fake IDs. They break the locks of such identified warehouses during night hours and put their own locks. Using the SIMs issued on fake IDs, they used to contact the transporters and ask them for trucks to transport the goods from these warehouses to their rented warehouse. From there, they used to get another truck to further transport the goods.