Noida: 4 booked under Gangster Act for carrying out over 20 thefts in a year

GREATER NOIDA: Four alleged thieves have been booked under the Gangster Act for their involvement in over 20 thefts in the past 12 months.
The accused have been identified as Mainuddin, Satish, Pramod and an unknown person who is the gang’s leader. All are natives of Hapur. According to a complaint filed by Sujeet Upadhyay, the station officer at Sector Beta 2 police station, the accused have carried out 23 mobile thefts and house break-ins in sectors Beta 2, Alpha 1 and Swarn Nagri in August, September, October and November 2019."They were arrested in 2019 with a stolen motorcycle and a tool kit which they used in carrying out thefts, however, after getting released, they did not stop, instead carried out more such thefts," he said.
The officer said due to the gang’s terror, no one, who can identify them, is ready to become a police witness. "Hence, the police force believes that they should be listed as gangsters and their properties should be seized in order to recover the illegal money they have been making through criminal activities," he said, adding that all four have been booked under sections 16, 17 and 22 of the Gangster Act.
Rajesh Kumar Singh, the DCP of zone 3 said, "They are professional thieves and snatchers. Police teams of all stations in the districts have been roped in to arrest them."
In the past year, the district police have imposed the Gangster Act on over 800 individuals having a criminal history.