Finally after a lot of efforts Delhi Police achieved success in
catching India's biggest car thief" Anil Chauhan. The accused was
shockingly recovered with six country-made pistols and seven live cartridges.
He also had one stolen motorcycle, and one stolen car.
Anil Chauhan is 52 years old and an auto driver by profession. He had
started stealing in 1998 since when he had stolen around 5000 cars across the
country. Being the leader of the car thief gang, more than 180 has been
registered against him meanwhile he got arrested.
Anil Chauhan belongs to Tejpur located in Assam which is one of
north-eastern states of India. He is a resident of Khanpur extension. But his
tales of theft could be found all over the country.
It is not the first time
that Anil is behind the bars. The cops had arrested him several times in the
past. He was once sentenced a five years of imprisonment in the Nizamuddin
Police Station.
Anil Chauhan was a Class-I contractor working in
the Assam government. His place was raided by Enforcement
Directorate which then seized all his properties which were then auctioned by
the bank later.
But the criminal again started stealing. He was also found guilty in the smuggling of Rhinoceros horn in the northeastern part of India.
Assam Police had once
arrested Anil Chauhan in 2015. In one sitting with MLA, police said “The
accused, who is perhaps “India’s biggest car thief”, had three wives and seven
children”.