LAHORE – Lahore City Division Anti Vehicles Lifting Staff (AVLS) on Monday arrested two members of the Ijaz Ali Khan gang including its ringleader Ijaz Ali Khan and Khawaja Tehseen Mustafa, data operator Excise Office, Kasur, involved in fake registration and preparing bogus documents of stolen vehicles after tempering, and recovered six cars from their possession. The criminals have confessed to abovementioned crimes during preliminary interrogation.
According to details, on directive of Lahore Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Aslam Tareen, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Investigation Zulfiqar Hameed directed Superintendent of Police (SP) CRO Sajjad Ahmad Manj to take action against car thief gangs. Manj constituted a special team under supervision of AVLS Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Saleem Mukhtar Butt and consisting of Incharge AVLS Saddar Division Sub-Inspector (SI) Mehdi Hassan and others. The police team collected particulars of the Ijaz Ali Khan gang and arrested the culprits.
The working procedure of the criminals was that after tempering engine and chassis number of stolen vehicles, they registered vehicles and prepared bogus documents with help of staff of Excise Office District (EDO) Kasur and sold them at cheaper prices. A special team had also been constituted for arresting the remaining culprits who are still at large. Tareen has announced cash prizes and certificates for the police team including SI Muhammad Anwar, Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Amjad Ali, Head Constable Muhammad Ismail, Aftab Noor, Constable Muhammad Shafique, Abdul Ghafoor, Muhammad Nawaz, Muhammad Imran and Driver Constable Qamar Zaman.
