The crime branch police of Bhopal have nabbed six miscreants near Malipura and recovered 18 stolen two-wheelers worth Rs 9 lakh from their possession on Friday.
Police said that acting on a tip off a miscreant who was trying to sell a scooter was nabbed and when he was questioned he failed to provide details of motorbike and later confessed stealing of motorbike along with his accomplice Abhisek Jain who was nabbed based on the details provided.
The two were identified as Ajay Sakalle (29) of Shahjehanabad and Abhisek Jain (35) of Kumarpura.
Later, during the investigation they confessed to have stolen 17 other two wheelers from different parts of the city. The nabbed accused confessed stealing of vehicles with Bhawani and Rahul. Police nabbed the two based on the information. The two nabbed accused were identified as Bhawani Shankar of Ghora Nakkas and Rahul Chakrobarty of Damoh. The four nabbed accused were quizzed and they confessed selling of one two wheeler at Rs 10,000 to Sonu Malviya of Teelajamalpura and one two wheeler at Rs 12,000 to Prakash Namdev.
During the investigation two vehicles were recovered from Sonu and Bhawani while 17 vehicles were recovered from four accused.
The four vehicle lifters have stolen the vehicles in the past one year. The accused do not have any crime record and their details would be investigated in the further investigation. Ajay, Rahul and Sonu works as labour, Bhawani works as electrician, Abhisek works as shopkeeper.