Karnal, April 14 -- The Panipat police on Sunday claimed to have busted an interstate vehicle theft gang and arrested an accused for allegedly stealing 20 cars, including 18 from Delhi.

Deputy superintendent of police Rajbir Singh said that a team under Anti-Vehicle Theft Cell in-charge sub-inspector Rohtash arrested Asim Khan, a resident of Meerut in Uttar Pradesh, from Sonepat last Monday.

"During the preliminary interrogation, the accused had confessed that he along with his co-accused Ajay Kumar, Sudeep Dhankhar and Gaurav Kumar from Sonepat, Majid and Rizwan from Meerut had committed the crime of stealing a Fortuner from outside a house in Model Town in Panipat on the night of February 5. The absconding accused Ajay, who is a part ...