CCTV ends car snatchers’ run

A Honda Jazz fresh from the assembly line was being unloaded from a truck at the godown of a dealer in Fatehpur Beri, south Delhi, last week. Two armed men came from nowhere and snatched the car at gunpoint. But the law caught up with them after a petrol pump's CCTV camera recorded them buying fuel.

The incident occurred on June 2 when six Honda Jazz cars were being brought from a factory in Rajasthan to the godown. Four cars had already been parked inside. When the fifth car was brought out, two men on a motorbike accosted the driver of the vehicle and accused him of hitting their motorbike with the car.


Shakul, the employee, contested the claim. At this, one of them pulled out a pistol and pointed it at Shakul. He was asked to step out and the car was driven away.


Police were informed and footage from CCTV cameras from several places was scanned. Police had a hunch that the snatchers must have bought fuel before planning the loot as brand-new cars only have two or three litres of fuel. So over a dozen petrol pumps were covered in the search.


Police then learnt from a petrol pump that on the day of the carjacking, someone had bought five litres of petrol in a jerrycan. Now, people from nearby villages often buy fuel in jerrycans, but that's mostly diesel for water pumps and gensets, not petrol. Based on this input, three men were identified—Azam, Sunder Tanwar and Veer Singh. Singh was the mastermind and had hired the other two for the crime. They were arrested from a village in Fatehpur Beri.

Ref: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/cctv-ends-car-snatchers-run/articleshow/59025714.cms

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