New Delhi: The Anti-Extortion and Kidnapping Cell of the Delhi Police’s Crime Branch are now probing the exact motive of a woman who was arrested a few days ago from the Vasant Vihar area while moving around in a car with forged foreign embassy number plates.
The authorities are not taking the matter lightly as the arrest came days before Republic Day.
The 45-year-old woman from Assam told the police that she purchased the Toyota Innova from an embassy and got fake number plates prepared after failing to re-register it. bought from an embassy. Police claimed that she did this to avoid police checks and gain unchecked access to diplomatic zones.
It is now being checked why she visited the high-security area. The woman was visiting embassies and high-security areas of New Delhi using forged CD number plates. Police called it a “crucial” arrest from the perspective of national security ahead of Republic Day, as per an X post.
This operation was led by Inspector Daleep Kumar, under ACP Pankaj Arora, while DCP Sanjeev Kumar Yadav supervised the overall operation, as reported by PTI.
Yadav told the news agency that the woman initially claimed to be a representative of a foreign embassy. However, she was not able to name the mission or to produce any valid documents. She also did not have any documents for the ownership of the vehicle.
She was then taken to the Crime Branch office in Sunlight Colony for questioning, the report said.
During interrogation, the woman revealed that she had purchased the SUV from a foreign embassy in November 2024, but failed to get it registered in her name. A resident of Guwahati, she claims to have been serving as an all-India secretary of a political party for the past four years, Yadav said.
She also told the police that she has worked as a sports guide and is currently involved in consultancy work for African students seeking admission.
Delhi police seized the vehicle along with 2 sets of forged plates and a mobile phone.
Security has been needed up in and around the national capital. The recent car blast near the Red Fort has added to greater vigil.
