Bhopal Police have arrested a criminal who was absconding for 9 years in a vehicle theft case. On the basis of information received from an informer, the police have arrested the accused Pappu Pal from Gangarbada village of Vidisha district.
In October 2015, Arish Qureshi (20), resident of Apsara Talkies, Bhopal, had lodged a complaint of theft of his Pulsar motorcycle. According to the complaint, Arish had parked the car in the parking lot of his building at night. The next morning his car was not found at that place. The police searched for the vehicle and the thief in this case, but they did not get any success.
About a month after the complaint, Arish Qureshi told the police that Ashoka Garden police station had confiscated his motorcycle. Arish had applied to the court in February 2018 to get his motorcycle back. After which, on the orders of the court, the police handed over the motorcycle to Arish.
Two accused named Laxman Pal and Pappu Pal were involved in this case. The police arrested Laxman Pal in January 2020, while Pappu absconded. On the basis of information received from an informer, the police arrested the absconding accused Pappu from his village Gangarbada (District Vidisha) on 2 April 2024. Accused Pappu was presented in Bhopal court. At present he is in Central Jail, Bhopal.