Two arrested for car theft in Pratapgarh

ALLAHABAD: Two key members of an inter-district gang of auto-lifters were arrested near Nekura turn while they were plotting a crime.
Those arrested were identified as Salman alias Faisal Gani and Niranjan Jaiswal, residents of Pratapgarh.
A car and two Aadhaar cards were seized. Pratapgarh SP Abhishek Singh said, “Police are looking for three more members of the gang identified as Nafees of Pratapgarh, Siddarth Shukla of Lalganj and Jaubabad of Raniganj.” The arrested auto-lifters confessed that they used to steal four-wheelers from one district and resell it to another district to dodge police.The gang had resold more than three dozen vehicles in the past six months.
The car recovered was stolen from Jain Temple road area in Kotwali police circle of the city and was to be sold in Pratapgarh.