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Two stolen Toyotas with same number plate seized in Delhi
Delhi Police have seized two stolen Toyota Fortuner SUVs bearing the same registration and chassis numbers during a special pre-Independence Day checking drive in west Delhi, PTI reports. The vehicles were traced…
The Story in Brief
Delhi Police have seized two stolen Toyota Fortuner SUVs bearing the same registration and chassis numbers during a special pre-Independence Day checking drive in west Delhi, PTI reports. The vehicles were traced after police received specific information about SUVs with identical plates being used at different locations in Delhi-NCR. They were examined at an authorised service centre, which confirmed both were stolen. One SUV was also linked to a cheating case registered at Gandhi Nagar police station, involving a 23-year-old suspect from Vivek Vihar.
The Indian Opinion
This catch raises unsettling questions. Cloned number plates allow stolen cars to move freely across Delhi-NCR, evading detection even as security is tightened for August 15. If two vehicles can share plates and escape notice for so long, how many more such clones are plying our roads? The real test will be whether the Delhi Police can trace the forgers and fix the loopholes in vehicle registration verification, or if this remains just a one-off seizure.
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