new delhi kingpin of the car thief gang who had stolen 5000 vehicles from various parts of the country since 1998 was arrested police said on monday anil chauhan 52 resident of khanpur extention who hails from tejpur assam was also notorious for smuggling of rhinoceros horn in the northeastern state he was also actively involved in supply of illegal arms they said he had previous criminal involvement in 181 cases the accused was a classi contractor in assam government later the enforcement directorate raided his place and all his property was seized and auctioned later he again started committing thefts police said advt deputy commissioner of police central shweta chauhan said that due to recent spurt in the activities of illegal arms suppliers in central district and delhi the special staff of central district have been tasked to check them an information about the arrival of the most wanted auto lifter cum supplier of illegal arms of india anil chauhan in the jurisdiction of dbg road police station in central delhi was received by the special staff and the accused was arrested on august 23 she said a dedicated team was constituted and accused anil chauhan was arrested with an illegal countrymade pistol two live cartridges and one stolen motorcycle during the course of the investigation five more country made pistols five live cartridges and one stolen car were also recovered on his instance she added chauhan has started stealing vehicles in 1998 and has stolen approximately 5000 vehicles from various parts of india he has been arrested by police various times and sent to jail the dcp said he had been convicted for five years in a criminal case of nizamuddin police station and was previously involved in 180 criminal cases she said chauhan was also arrested in 2015 by assam police with one sitting mla police said pti published on sep 5 2022 at 0712 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etauto app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app nizamuddin car thief gang car theft anil chauhan arrest car thefts in delhi homenewsindustryinterstate gang kingpin involved in 5000 car thefts held in delhi