Banned Manipuri outfit chief held for vehicle thefts in Delhi
October 23rd, 2011 - 9:52 pm ICT by IANSNew Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) Three youths from Manipur, including a self-styled commander of the banned People’s United Liberation Front (PULF), were arrested here for vehicle thefts, police said Sunday.
Suraj Khan, 26, Ayub Khan, 36, and Rajib Sheiikh, 22, were arrested from from Munirka in south Delhi on October 19, Deputy Commissioner of Police Chhaya Sharma said. Suraj Khan is the self-styled PULF chief.
Police recovered 12 stolen motorcycles from them. They used to transport the stolen vehicles in the northeastern states by rail on fake registration certificates and identity proof.
Suraj came to Delhi three years ago with his family and stayed in Maharani Bagh in south Delhi, where he started working with a security agency. A graduate, he came in contact with Ayub Khan, another graduate, and got into stealing vehicles.
Suraj had been arrested in January for displaying a forged Indian Air Force identity card. He was later released on bail.
Imtiaz came to Delhi in 2009 in search of job and stayed in Uttam Nagar and started working for Ayub, police said.
The PULF was founded in 1993 after a clash between the two ethnic groups of the state — Meiteis and Pangals over monetary transactions in Thoubal district.
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