/ Source: Reuters
An Indian crime reporter has been arrested over a spate of dozens of car thefts and burglaries, accused of using his contacts to move stolen goods, newspapers reported Thursday.
Police picked up 42-year-old Sanjay Kumar Singh and three friends in New Delhi after being tipped off they were meeting to plot more car thefts in the capital, The Pioneer reported.
Singh covers the crime beat for daily newspapers in Bihar, a state with some of India’s highest crime rates. Police say he used his contacts to dispose of the cars in Bihar and was involved in at least 56 car thefts and 20 burglaries.
No further details were available. Singh is in jail and has not publicly commented.
