UP: Engineering student leads gang of auto thieves

Lucknow: Police have busted a gang of vehicle thieves headed by an engineering student in Uttar Pradesh.

The gang used to lift luxury cars from Noida, adjoining Delhi, and sell them in Gorakhpur and Bihar, a police official said on Saturday.

A Honda City car was seized from the student.

The gang used to lift luxury cars from Noida, adjoining Delhi, and sell them in Gorakhpur and Bihar.

The police stumbled upon the criminals when they intercepted a car and sought to see its papers.

When police verified the number plate, it turned out to be of a Maruti Esteem rather than a Honda City.

The car, the motorist told police, belonged to a Rajeev Kewal of Noida.

The man was identified as Lokesh, a resident of Deoria district who spilled the beans about the gang. Police are now looking for the student leader and his other accomplices.

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