Delhi Police announced on Tuesday the arrest of two alleged habitual snatchers and burglars by a team from Kalindi Kunj police station in South-East Delhi, and said 11 cases of theft, snatching and burglary have been worked out following the arrests.

Source: IANS

Police identified the accused as Sumit Beniwal, 23, and Md. Umar Ansari, 23. According to police, one of them is an alleged member of the Maya gang and was wanted in a case registered under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA). The allegations are yet to be tested in court.

According to police, constables Ajharuddin and Devender were on area patrol at about 9 p.m. on October 25 near Peepal Chowk on Pushta Road in JJ Colony, Madanpur Khadar, when they saw two men riding a motorcycle suspiciously and signalled them to stop. The riders allegedly tried to flee, the motorcycle skidded and both men fell, after which the constables overpowered and apprehended them.

Police said an illegal button-operated knife was recovered from Beniwal. A mobile phone recovered from Ansari was checked through the ZIPNET system and found linked to an e-FIR registered at Amar Colony police station on October 25, while another phone was recovered from Beniwal. The motorcycle the two were riding was seized and was found to have been stolen from the New Friends Colony police station area, police said.

An FIR was registered at Kalindi Kunj police station on October 26 on the constable's complaint under provisions of the Arms Act, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and the Delhi Police Act, police said. South-East district deputy commissioner of police Vineet Kumar detailed the arrests, according to reports. Further investigation is under way.