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The Delhi Police busted a gang of car thieves who used a software tab (palmtop) to prepare a duplicate key of a car before stealing it. Police have arrested four men and recovered 10 stolen luxury cars including Toyota Fortuner and Alcazar, 50 master keys and 10 fake number plates from them, an officer said on Wednesday.

The accused were identified as Mohd Sablu (24), Mohd Asif (22), both residents of Sambhal in Uttar Pradesh, Sagar Barman (23) and Pasang Tamang (33), both residents of Itanagar in Arunachal Pradesh. They used to target high-end cars such as Fortuners, Creta, Alcazar, Honda City, I20, Tata Nexon among others and deliver them to the North-Eastern parts of India, reported news agency IANS. 

“Accordingly, the pattern was studied to bust the organised syndicate who were involved in dealing in these highly valuable cars. Manual as well as technical surveillance was mounted. Finally, specific inputs were developed about the stolen luxury cars, which were being delivered to North-Eastern parts of India,” said Special Commissioner of Police (crime) Ravindra Singh Yadav as quoted by IANS.

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He stated that the gang was operating through social media apps and had developed a high level of trust with the receivers of the stolen cars. They used to recce in the Delhi/NCR area and identify their targets based on the demand.

Police said that the gang either used a specially designed screwdriver to break open the lock or used a software tab to prepare a duplicate key of the car. After that, they used master keys to start the car and drive away within seconds with the stolen car. Then they parked the stolen vehicle at pre-selected places to check whether any GPS was present in the car or not.

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Thereafter, the vehicles were delivered to the drivers of the first receivers at the places already informed to the car-lifters. The fake registration certificates were either prepared by the first receivers or by the mediators.

Delhi Police conducted multiple raids in various parts of Aligarh, Meerut, Sambhal, Ghaziabad, Lucknow, Gorakhpur, Siliguri, Guwahati and Itanagar and 10 cars were recovered while four men, including the receiver of the stolen cars, were arrested. Meanwhile, an investigation is underway to apprehend others related to the gang.