5 TSRS Running On Same Registration Number Seized

Crime Branch has arrested one person namely Dinesh Mehta (47 years) s/o Bahadur Singh r/o Mohan Garden, Uttam Nagar, Delhi and recovered 5 TSRs stolen from area of Prashant Vihar and Kanjhawala in Outer Distt, Saket and Vasant Kunj in South Distt, Delhi.

A team of officers of Crime Branch led by ACP KPS Malhotra and consisting of Inspr Arvind Kumar, SIs Gurmeet, Dataram ASI Rakesh Aluwalia, HCs Hanuman, Satender, Cts Surender, Virender, Rahul,  Sushil and Ranbir under the supervision of DCP Bhisham Singh and overall supervision of Addl.CP Ashok Chand have arrested an autolifter Dinesh Mehta (47 years) s/o Bahadur Singh r/o Mohan Garden, Uttam Nagar, Delhi who is involved in stealing TSRs from different parts of Delhi and then running the same on basis of photocopies of other stolen ownership documents. The team has also recovered 5 TSRs stolen from area of Prashant Vihar, Kanjhawala in Outer Distt, Saket and Vasant Kunj in South Distt., Delhi.

On 16.2.15, specific input was received in the office of ISC Chanakya Puri that one Dinesh Mehta involved in stealing TSRs and running them on fake papers would be coming near Dwarka More. On this information, a team was constituted and a trap was laid and one person who came in a TSR was apprehended. He was asked to produce the ownership papers and permit of the TSR which he was driving. He produced a set of documents in shape of photocopy and told that his original documents had been deposited in traffic challans. Meanwhile the team apprehending him spotted another TSR bearing same numbers near to the place of apprehension, the accused was asked how two TSRs are having the same registration number, initially, he tried to show his ignorance but later he admitted he had stolen these two TSRs alongwith three others which he had given on monthly rent to other drivers which also bears the same registration details and were parked nearby in different streets. Later, three other TSRs were also recovered on his instance which were also having the same registration number and same set of photocopy of registration and permit documents. He was arrested under appropriate section of law.

The 5 recovered TSRs were found to be stolen from the following cases:-

Sl. No	FIR No	u/s	Police Station	Place of theft
1	23/15	379 IPC	Saket	Outside Saket Courts
2	60/15	379 IPC	Prashant Vihar	Outside Saket Courts
3	191/15	379 IPC	Saket	Outside Saket Courts
4	770/14	379 IPC	Vasant Kunj(N)	Outside Udyog Sadan Outab Institutional Area
5	531/14	379 IPC	Kanjahwala	Outside Divya Shakti  Ashram,

On sustained interrogation, Dinesh Mehta disclosed that he used to drive TSR since he was very young. Earlier, he used to live with his family in Sultanpuri and later shifted to Mohan Garden, Uttam Nagar. He was not having good financial condition and he used to take the TSRs on rent. While driving TSRs in different parts of Delhi, he came to know that while checking, hardly ever the engine and chassis numbers are matched with the registration documents. He also became very familiar with the TSR mechanism and was aware that it is very easy to start a TSR without having its ignition keys. He noticed some TSRs bearing same registration numbers running in unauthorised colonies like Sangam Vihar, and near Uttam Nagar. To evade police checking, these TSRs were being run within narrow roads of congested colonies instead of main roads. He approached the driver of one of such TSR who told him that many of such TSRs were stolen ones from Delhi and UP and many of these bear registration numbers of TSRs which had already been declared unfit by the transport authority and permit had been suspended. The gang were using photocopies of the unfit declared TSRs.

After stealing these TSRs, he gave them on a monthly rental of Rs. 6000/-. He provided photocopy of the stolen registration documents and told the person to evade main roads to skip police checking.

            Concerned police stations have been informed in this regards.  Further investigation is in progress.