Bengaluru police arrest inter-state car thieves gang from Andhra Pradesh

Bengaluru, Feb 1 : The Bengaluru police with the help of Andhra Pradesh transport department busted notorious inter-state car theft racket and arrested seven-members of this gang and seized 48 high-end cars valued at about Rs 4 crore from them, Deputy Commissioner of police (East Division) S. D. Sharanappa said here on Monday.
The notorious gang comprises of 10 members and three of them are still on the run.
According to the police , except for J. Riyaz all other accused hailed from Hindupur, Anantapur District of Andhra Pradesh.
The police said in its statement that the arrested have been identified as J. Riyaz (Bengaluru), Sheik Mukatayar, Y. vinod, Ramesh Naidu, Narasimha Reddy, T. Prabhakar and Dhakli Naresh.
The other three associates of the gang — Inayat, Salim, Suhel and Jabi — are still at large, the statement further stated.
The DCP told reporters that the modus operandi of this gang was to identify a car owner who failed to repay their EMIs on time.