Bhopal

21-yr-old held with stolen motorbike

Staff Reporter

A 21-year old youth was nabbed by the crime branch Bhopal who also recovered a motorbike from his possession on Friday. The accused confirmed stealing of the vehicle from GRP quarters in the month of July this year.

According to the crime branch Bhopal, police had received a tip-off regarding a youth trying to sell a motorbike at very low price near Dussehra Maidan. After receiving the information, a team reached the spot and searched for the youth and when the youth was found he was asked to provide documents regarding the motorbike he was riding, but he failed to produce. The youth was detained and when he was questioned he confessed that the motorbike was stolen from Bhadbhada area.

During the investigation, the nabbed miscreant was identified as Javed Khan of TT Nagar area. In the initial investigation, the miscreant claimed that he owns the bike and would provide the documents later, but when he was interrogated he confessed the truth. The motorbike bearing registration number CG-07-lB-3376 was recovered from the miscreant. The motorbike was stolen from Bhadbhada area on July 7, 2015.

Based on the complaint, a case under section 379 of the IPC was registered by the police.

Accused used to work with a call center and was unemployed for the past few months.

Accused told the police that his friends have tipped-off the police regarding the motorbike as they were jealous of the motorbike.

He confessed that he stole the motorbike for his use but later when he required money he was searching for seller to dispose the vehicle.