India, Dec. 2 -- The Vanrai police on Sunday busted a gang that used to steal autorickshaws during the day and commit robberies at night using the same autorickshaws, to avoid being identified by cops. Three members of the alleged gang, who were arrested from Virar, were habitual offenders and were involved in at least three autorickshaw thefts and two house break-ins, police said.

The arrested accused were identified as Sachin Ashok Gavas, Yogesh Ishwar Rathod and Taufiq Naushad Khan.

Police started probing the activities of the alleged gang after an iron rod weighing 130 kilos was stolen from a shop in Goregaon East on November 18 and a house robbery case was registered against an unknown person, based on a complaint by Pratik Nitin M...