On December 26 2011 navi Mumbai police got shocked in arresting a UP man named as Nusrat Ali Khan alias Jabir Ali for murdering a Mumbai city trader.In their interrogating the police came to know from accused that the he was an expert in thefting of vehicles.So after police grilled Nusrat Ali Khan,He revealed that so far he thefted 200 cars form Mumbai city and it should be sold in order to employ his brother for Uttar Pradesh election campaign.
The statements disclosed by accused had some astonishing facts on how the cars stolen from the city and how the cars sold in northern India to politicians.As this incident took place in the last year December but came to light very recently.
Officials said that Khan was arrested with three others for murdering a Ghatkopar-based scrap importer, Ashish Bhansal (40) in December. The other accused have been identified as Amir Khan (27) who resides in Khopoli, Asif Hussain (28) who resides in Mumbra and hails from Rajasthan, and Rizwan Wadia (21), a Uttar Pradesh native who resides in Dharavi.
"Bhansal was kidnapped by the accused for a ransom of Rs 50 lakh. The accused called up his family and managed to extort Rs 41 lakh from them. But after receiving the ransom, the accused shot him dead," said Senior Inspector Sanjeev Kamble of Navi Mumbai Crime Branch. Officials found out that two of the cars involved in the murder were stolen, and that like most vehicle lifters, Khan must be part of a major syndicate.
While questioning, Khan confessed that he was not only involved in but was pivotal to stealing over 200 four-wheelers from Mumbai and exploiting them for canvassing in UP, while channeling the funds from the sale of some of them to the campaign.
"This is evident as the accused's brother Barkat Ali is contesting elections from Pratapgarh in UP as an independent candidate. Since he does not have a strong political backing, the vehicles stolen from the city are being used for his election campaign. We have learned that the vehicles were sold to random people in order to finance the campaigning expenses. We are interrogating him to get to the truth," confirmed Senior Inspector Shamsher Pathan of Antop Hill police station.
After Khan's confession, several police stations in the city and the Crime Branch have made a beeline to get his custody in cases related to vehicle theft registered in their jurisdiction.
"Already Bandra, Wadala, Matunga, Sion and Navi Mumbai police have approached us for the custody of Khan. But the Antop Hill police station where the accused is involved in stealing a credit card and a Pajero, are the first one to get him," said a Navi Mumbai police officer.
For Mumbai police vehicle theft has became a major cause of bothering,So while addressing the media on January 10 Himanshu Roy a Joint Commissioner of Police said that, As elections are coming to near, there is always a extreme increase in vehicle theft cases.And these thefted vehicles are used for election campaigning."
So inorder to bring down the crime, The Mumbai Crime Branch has developed a special squad, so these special squad will only investigate vehicle thefts cases in Mumbai. (TS)
