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Murderous gang of car thieves busted
The crime branch claimed to have busted an inter-state gang of car thieves after arresting six men who were involved in the racket for the past two years.
The gang members would hire a car for tour, kill the driver and dispose of the body, the police said. They would then sell off the car in another state and go underground before hiring another vehicle.
According to the police, the breakthrough came after two brothers were recently arrested for killing their uncle over a property dispute in Kurla.
Interrogation of the two brothers led to the arrest of four more members of the same gang who were involved in 11 murders and three attempt-to-murder cases across five states.
The accused were identified as Md Razakat Hussain, his brother Rizwan Hussain, Ethesham Shaikh, Vinod Yurnekar, Suchit Shanbaug and Harish Shetty.
Addressing a press conference on Monday, joint commissioner of police (crime) Rakesh Maria said, "So far we have been able to solve 11 murders, mostly of drivers, in Hyderabad, Chennai, Rajasthan, Lonavla, Kalamboli in Navi Mumbai and Mumbai city."
Assistant police inspector Dinesh Kadam said, "We have intimated police stations in other states about the murders committed by the gang and our teams have already left to get the details of the vehicles that have been sold by the members of the group."
Maria claimed that the gang was initially associated with Chhota Rajan’s lieutenant Santosh Shetty, on whose behalf they allegedly took a contract from a man named Ketan Dalal who wanted to eliminate his father over a property dispute in Lonavla.
"The gang then switched loyalties to Ashwin Naik and later they moved to Hemant Poojari. On Poojari’s behalf they had fired at Ocean beer bar, opposite Mumbai Central railway station last year, injuring a security guard in the process while trying to extort money from the bar owner," said assistant inspector Dhananjay Daund.
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