Ahmedabad Crime branch nabs gang involved in 251 car theft cases, 28 cars/scrapped parts recovered

Ahmedabad: The Crime branch of Ahmedabad police has nabbed 3 members of gang which was involved in 251 car theft cases and recovered 28 stolen cars or their scrapped parts.

The gang was involved in car theft since 2014.

The crime branch first arrested one Arvind Patel a native of Bhavnagar with a car stolen from Thaltej area in the city and then during investigation it was revealed that he was member of a gang run by his brother Haresh Patel, an Ayurvedic doctor by profession who lived in Vadodara. Haresh has not yet been nabbed but two of his aides Salim Shaikh and Tahir, both residents of Rajkot, have also been arrested. The trio has been taken on 9 days remand for further interrogation.

They used to sell the good cars with changed number plates and sold old stolen cars as scrap.

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