Two former students of prominent city schools were arrested on Ignou Road in south Delhi on New Year's Eve for stealing luxury cars to live in style and impress their multiple girlfriends.

The duo - identified as Akshay (19) and Nitin (21) from upper middle class families in south Delhi - stole only costly cars and moved around in them across the city after fixing beacons on the vehicles so that cops don't stop them. Police have recovered eight luxury cars - seven Honda Citys - from them. Akshay is pursuing his BCom from Delhi University while Nitin is a LLB student at IMT Rohtak (Haryana).

During a routine check, "they were asked to produce the documents. On verification through auto-match system, the car was found to be stolen from Malviya Nagar," said DCP (south) Chhaya Sharma. The auto-match system is a SMS service in which if a car's registration and chasis numbers are entered, it shows if the vehicle has been stolen.