A 56-year-old man and his two associates, allegedly concerned in over 46 instances of car theft in and round Delhi, have been arrested after a late-night chase in Delhi’s Vivek Vihar space on Thursday, senior officers mentioned on Friday.
The accused, who have been travelling in a Kia Seltos, of their try to flee from police, rammed into automobiles, hit a highway divider and in addition ran over two policemen — a head constable and a constable — leaving them injured.
The arrested males have been recognized as Mashrur (56), who was driving the Seltos, and his associates Asif (42) and Aqeel (40). Police mentioned Mashrur has greater than 17 instances in opposition to him, whereas Aqeel has 27 instances.
In keeping with police, a staff from west Delhi was monitoring the accused, who have been concerned in a spate of automobile thefts in latest months. A Seltos, stolen 4 months in the past from west Delhi, was noticed close to the Vivek Vihar ITI underpass on a number of nights over the previous month.
Darade Sharad Bhaskar, DCP (West), mentioned the automobile was additionally discovered to have been utilized in thefts of different automobiles, together with Fortuners and Hyundai Cretas, from the realm.
“The automobile was being operated with a faux or duplicate quantity plate to evade police. Primarily based on our inputs, a staff was stationed close to the underpass on Thursday evening. Round 11 pm, the accused have been noticed,” Bhaskar mentioned.
Police mentioned because the staff moved in direction of the Seltos, the accused first rammed into two automobiles after which hit police personnel who have been attempting to dam the SUV. A video of the incident exhibits policemen hitting the automobile because the accused took a flip and ran over two of them, who have been standing on the highway divider. The automobile additionally hit the divider. Policemen are seen attempting to interrupt the window to cease the accused.
Bhaskar mentioned head constable Devender and constable Manish have been hit and thrown in direction of the footpath, sustaining accidents. The staff finally managed to overpower the accused after stopping the automobile.
The injured policemen have been taken to GTB Hospital for therapy and are said to be secure.
