New Delhi,January 17 :Girl Friend was pursuing MBA and i have to take care of her education and impress her with lavish gifts so he stole cars .Police said the infamous auto-lifter Manoj Bakkarwala is fond of luxury cars, and would steal vehicles to provide for his girlfriends.
When the Special Cell personnel arrested him on Monday, Bakkarwala was driving back to the Capital in a luxury sedan after meeting his girlfriend in Aligarh. When he was last arrested in 2009, he told the interrogators that he committed car thefts to finance the education of his girlfriend who was pursuing MBA from a university in Haryana.
A resident of Bakkarwala village in Nangloi, he was given the surname ‘Bakkarwala’ by his associates and is accused of stealing more than 300 vehicles. According to police records, he began his crime career in 1998 after joining hands with one Makhan, also an auto-lifter. He was released on bail after nine months, but was arrested again by Delhi Police in 2003. He was rearrested in 2005 and 2007, but escaped from the custody of Gurgaon police in May 2008. He was arrested again the next year.
Arun Kampani, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) said on June 20, 2011, Bakkarwala escaped from police custody with the help of one Praveen, who he had met in the jail, and his girlfriend Tina.
“Praveen and Tina befriended the policemen at Saket court and offered them a lift to Bhondsi Jail. While on the way, the duo stopped their car at Sushant Lok and offered the policemen food at a roadside eatery. Praveen handed the car keys to the policeman and took them to the eatery, leaving Tina and Bakkarwala in the car. Tina had the duplicate keys of the car and helped him escape,” said a senior police officer.