Police plan to nab snatchers by tracking their favourite getaway vehicle — fast bikes

What is communal betwixt these snatchers, and respective others operating crossed the city, is the vehicles they usage to transportation retired their crimes — accelerated bikes.

To ace down connected specified cases, the Delhi Police is present readying to usage velocity cameras and CCTVs to way conveyance details.

Senior officers astatine the Delhi Police Headquarters said incidents successful respective districts person been reported wherever snatchers person utilized accelerated bikes, mostly KTM and TVS Apache, portion snatching either mobile phones oregon golden chains from victims, often starring to the second sustaining injuries.

In the Burari case, DCP (North) Manoj Meena said the men were identified arsenic Vishal and Vikash, some 23 years old. Police said they utilized a TVS Apache, belonging to their father, to perpetrate the snatching.

In the 2nd case, wherever constabulary nicknamed them the ‘KTM Bike Gang’, the pack members would exclusively usage KTM bikes to transportation retired the thefts. “KTM is simply a racing motorcycle with a 390 CC engine. This motorcycle has acceleration and velocity beyond the velocity of mean motorcycles,” DCP (Shahdara) Surendra Choudhary had said earlier.

Explaining the plan, an serviceman said, “Traffic velocity cameras, some OSVD (Over-Speeding Vehicle Detection) cameras and RLVD (Red Light Violation Detection) cameras, installed astatine postulation circles crossed the metropolis volition seizure details of sports bikes if they are recovered violating postulation laws. Simultaneously, immoderate transgression grounds oregon engagement of the two-wheeler volition besides beryllium checked.”

CCTV cameras belonging to Delhi Police volition besides beryllium utilized by unit to support an oculus connected sports bikes, particularly successful districts wherever snatching incidents involving accused persons connected two-wheelers person precocious been reported. “Registration numbers of sports bikes which get captured volition beryllium checked connected a random ground for immoderate transgression record,” said different officer.

Police said snatchers mostly usage accelerated sports bikes whose velocity is beyond 400CC horsepower. A elder constabulary serviceman said these bikes are mostly stolen: “The accused marque disconnected with bikes specified from parking tons oregon extracurricular houses… Bajaj Pulsar and Yamaha R15 are besides immoderate of the communal ones used.”

The serviceman said a broad information program is being prepared nether which bushed officers and postulation inspectors are being briefed to ticker retired for accelerated bikes seen successful their areas and get the conveyance details. Police said an appraisal of the full fig of sports bikes presently successful the metropolis is besides being carried out.

However, a fewer officers besides pointed retired the trouble successful tracing details of vehicles and narrowing down connected the rider. “Number plates are often damaged by accused persons, truthful it becomes difficult,” said an officer.