Police probe car thief-terror link
30 Jul 2008, 0616 hrs IST,TNN
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-3304191,prtpage-1.cms
NAVI MUMBAI: The alarming use of cars stolen from Navi Mumbai being used in
terrorist acts has led the local police to probe whether car thieves are
working as part of an organised racket with terror outfits. Navi Mumbai
Police chief Ramrao Wagh said: "There are rising cases of vehicle and mobile
thefts in upcoming urban cities like Navi Mumbai. With growing affluence, a
greater number of vehicles are seen in the local areas, leading to more such
crimes.''
One bike is stolen every second day from Navi Mumbai and one car is stolen
every fortnight. "So far, in the last six months, 11 cars have been stolen;
the number of stolen motorcycles is much higher at nearly 125 bike thefts
per annum ,'' Wagh said.
Asked if the cause of poor detection rate of vehicle thefts was the
organised way the criminals worked, he said: "In some cases, the stolen
vehicles are found abandoned on roads as the criminals only use them to
commit some other crime. However, there are organised gangs that change the
chassis number of the vehicles to hide their real identity. We are going to
track such people.''
Vashi deputy RTO Bharat Kalaskar told TOI that there should be a fool-proof
technology to help stop vehicle thefts. "But car safety cannot come at a
cheap rate. It is expensive to instal a GPS (global positioning system) in
cars but that is essential to track a stolen car,'' said Kalaskar.
He also added that it might be easy for thieves to change the number plates
of stolen vehicles but changing the engine and chassis numbers was difficult
and such manipulations could easily be detected . "RTO officials can also
easily check the authenticity of forged or freshly made documents of stolen
cars,'' he said.
Kalaskar said that officially the process for changing the registration
number or ownership of cars involved many steps. "First, we need a
no-objection certificate (NOC) from the state from which the car is
originally from and the time allotted for this is usually 45 days. A
thorough verification of the owner's address, occupation and other details
is done after this and only then is the new registration number issued,'' he
explained.
Mumbai, however, loses many more vehicles every day. An average day sees 12
to 15 vehicles, including two-wheelers stolen, from the city. But, just like
Navi Mumbai, not every stolen vehicle is sold; it may be used for committing
some other crime.
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