The Hindu : New Delhi News : Police hunt for two missing cars

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Wednesday, Jan 25, 2006

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Police hunt for two missing cars

Devesh K. Pandey

They fear that vehicles could be used by terrorists

NEW DELHI: The Delhi police have launched a massive hunt for at least two Ambassador cars that were reportedly stolen from different parts of the Capital last December. They fear that if the vehicles fall into the hands of terrorists, they might use them to carry out strikes around Republic Day.

It is learnt that one of the Ambassador cars was reportedly stolen from the Saket area in South Delhi. A complaint in this regard was lodged at the Saket police post on December 25. According to sources, the vehicle -- which bore a VIP sticker -- is still untraceable.

Since Ambassador cars are mostly used by senior Government functionaries and VVIPs, the police fear that the missing vehicle bearing VIP sticker could be used to carry out a terrorist strike. Special Commissioner of Police (Security and Operations) B.K. Gupta also said on Tuesday that there was possibility of militants using car bombs, as they had done on 13 occasions in Jammu and Kashmir last year.

In a case registered at Naraina in South-West Delhi, it is learnt that another Ambassador car was stolen on December 30. Keeping in view the strong threat perception, different divisions of the police have been mounting raids to trace the missing cars.

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