Arrests fail to deter vehicle thieves

JAIPUR: Recent arrests of vehicle lifters by the police seem to have failed to check such thefts in the city. In a daring act, four men who had stolen a Bolero hit a police car during the chase and fired in the air to threaten them late on Friday night. One of the lifters was arrested while others fled.
In yet another incident, some vehicle lifters threatened cops with a pistol who tried to nab them in Muralipura area. They first stole a Maruti car from the area and then broke into the house of a trader in Karni Vihar. But as the family woke up while they were committing the burglary, the thieves had to flee. The police have not yet been able to nab them.
According to the police, four men had stolen a Bolero car which was spotted at a check post in the Muhana area by policemen. As the registration plate was missing, the cops tried to intercept it but the car sped away. After that cops of five police stations, including Pratap Nagar, Sanganer, Sanganer Sadar and Shivdaspura, gave chase. Meanwhile, the thieves hit a chasing police jeep and fired in the air.
In Shivdaspura, the road was completely blocked following which the men drove the car in the nearby farms. One of the lifters, a resident of Karauli, was arrested while three others fled. The police are interrogating the arrested man.
In the second incident in the Murlipura area early on Saturday morning, some miscreants stole a Maruti from a house in Kalyan Nagar and drove it to another house in the Chitrakoot area. They tried to steal a car from the house, but the family members were awakened up by security alarm following which they fled in the stolen Maruti car.
The police had recently busted some interstate gangs involved in vehicle stealing from the city. They had hoped that this would reduce the number of vehicle thefts, but it seems that the police will have to put in much more effort to rein in the crime which is currently worrying Jaipurites.