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Three nabbed for auto-thefts

NEW DELHI: Three persons have been arrested by the Anti-Auto Theft Squad (AATS) of the South Delhi police for allegedly stealing vehicles and selling them in the open market as genuine vehicles.

The accused allegedly used to buy the "total loss" vehicles from insurance agents along with their papers and then tamper with the engine and chassis numbers of the stolen vehicles making them appear as "genuine".

Acting on a tip-off, the AATS arrested two of the accused, Nasir and Rashid, at Lajpat Nagar in South Delhi this past Tuesday. At their instance, the police arrested Nafees Baig at Meerut in Uttar Pradesh. In all, the police recovered five stolen luxury vehicles.

The police said Nafees, along with his accomplices Shahid and Shahnawaz, had put together "an assembly line" for tampering with the engine and chassis numbers of the stolen vehicles. The police claim to have recovered equipment used by the accused in this connection. During interrogation, the accused allegedly confessed to having sold at least 35 stolen vehicles showing them as genuine. Efforts are now on to trace the absconding accused, Shahid and Shahnawaj.

One arrested

in murder case

NEW DELHI: One person has been arrested by the South Delhi police for allegedly killing a 41-year-old man at Sarita Vihar in South Delhi on Tuesday.

According to the police, Amrinder Nath Dass was shot dead while he was riding his scooter. Investigations revealed that Mr. Dass had borrowed Rs. 4 lakhs from one Mahesh Pandit, a resident of Faridabad. He had mortgaged his Sarita Vihar flat against the loan.

However, Mr. Dass could not pay back the amount. Following negotiations, it was decided that Mr. Dass would pay Rs. 5 lakhs within two months. But Mr. Dass failed to pay the amount again. Mahesh then allegedly decided to kill Mr. Dass. On the fateful day, he followed Mr. Dass on his motorcycle and allegedly shot at him when he was passing through an underpass. Further investigations are on.

Six get RI

NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Thursday sentenced six persons to 10 years' rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 50,000 each in a ten year-old case. Additional Sessions Judge B K Goyal said a sum of Rs 2 lakhs recovered from the six would be paid as compensation to the son of the woman whom they had beaten to death in the Roop Nagar area on October 12, 1996. The accused had entered complainant Jaiprakash's residence and beaten him and his mother with iron rods. The woman succumbed to injuries.

Jail for rape

New Delhi: A city court on Thursday sentenced a man to seven years' rigorous imprisonment for raping a woman at her home in North West Delhi three years ago. Finding Sanjay Kumar of Sultanpuri guilty under Sections 376 (rape) and 448 (house-trespass) of the IPC, Additional Sessions Judge Narottam Kaushal also imposed a fine of Rs 1,500 on him.

Official promoted

NEW DELHI: National Savings Regional Director Mir Azmat Ali has been promoted as Joint Director of the National Savings Institute here. Mr. Ali, who has had a vast working experience in Hyderabad, Bangalore, Mumbai, Nagpur and Delhi, will work in close coordination with the Budget Division (Department of Economic Affairs) in the Finance Ministry.

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