Overview

• The operation began on May 7 after a tip-off led officers to intercept a Maruti Baleno with forged plates on the DND Flyway, resulting in the arrest of Avtar Singh and Harpreet Singh.
• Raids in Amritsar, Ludhiana and Ferozepur followed interrogations that identified two more members, Paramdeep and Manpreet, bringing the total arrested to four.
• Investigators recovered 21 stolen vehicles, including Fortuners, Thars and Cretas, spanning jurisdictions from Saket to Ghaziabad and Gurgaon.
• Deputy Commissioner Apoorva Gupta says the group acquired cars for Rs 4–5 lakh, altered chassis and engine numbers and produced fake registration documents to disguise their origin.
• Police continue to probe the network’s suppliers and financing as they seek to uncover further links across Delhi, Haryana and Punjab.