The Delhi Police Crime Branch arrested 34-year-old Avtar Singh alias Hunny Singh from Patiala, Punjab, in connection with a long trail of auto theft cases. Singh, a proclaimed offender, was wanted in over 70 vehicle theft incidents reported across multiple districts in Delhi.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Vikram Singh said that Singh had been on the run for an extended period, frequently changing locations to evade law enforcement. He was finally tracked and arrested on June 10 following specific intelligence and technical surveillance.
A school dropout who studied up to Class 8, Singh initially worked in Delhi’s Mayapuri area, where he came into contact with seasoned auto-lifters. He gradually picked up skills to unlock, steal, and dispose of vehicles and made auto theft his full-time trade in pursuit of easy money.
Singh was declared a proclaimed offender in at least four FIRs registered at Khayala, Mayapuri, Tilak Nagar, and Nangloi police stations.
Authorities are now investigating his broader criminal network and recovery of stolen vehicles is underway.
