Noida: Five people have been arrested for allegedly stealing valuables such as cellphones and laptops from parked cars.
The defendant was also used to target a locked house in the city.
Rajesh S, DCP of Noida, told Ti that the police had received several complaints about damaged car windows and stolen valuables from parked vehicles.
“We got a tip-off that some thieves moved in auto in sector area 39.
Therefore, we set the checkpoint and when checking, we gave automatic signals to stop.
But they began shooting the team.
After half an hour chasing, we managed to catch They are in sector 96, “he said.
During the investigation, we also found that the defendant had done more than 110 theft and theft in the city.
Catapult (Gulel) is thought to be used to break the car window, and then they will escape with valuables in the car.
The police have recovered 65 laptops, five mobile tablets, three weapons made by the country, six live cartridges, three used cartridges, one catapult, nine screwdrivers, one car, and one scooter from the accused ownership.
The people who were arrested were identified as Mohammad Zakir, Dinesh Kumar, Deepep Chauhan, Maya Sharma, and Yogesh Verma.
They will be produced in court on Monday and currently booked under 379 (theft) and 307 (efforts to kill) from the Indian Criminal Code (IPC) along with the relevant parts of the ACR.