Two youths including a third year student of a private engineering college involved in stealing and disposing off vehicles were nabbed by Bagh Sewania police. A motorbike worth Rs 1.25 lakh was recovered from their possession during vehicle checking on Sunday.
On Sunday during vehicle checking by Bagh Sewania police when a youth riding a Yamaha R15 motorbike was stopped and questioned regarding the documents he failed to produce documents and when the registration number of motorbike was checked the number was found to be of Splendor motorbike.
The youth was identified as Anshul Jain detained and when he was questioned he confirmed that he had bought the vehicle from his friend Sonu alias Surendra Meena of Saket Nagar.
Based on the information Meena was nabbed and when interrogated he revealed that the motorbike belongs to Dhananjay Singh and he had stolen the vehicle after producing duplicate keys of the motorbike in the month of October last year.
After stealing the bike Meena sold the vehicle to Jain for Rs 70,000 and wasRs 38,000 as part payment and told to pay the remaining later.
The motorbike cost over Rs 1 lakh and Jain was aware of the cost of the vehicle and when he was offered the bike at Rs 70,000 he grabbed the opportunity. He bought the vehicle knowingly that it was stolen claimed the police.
The police have registered case under section 411, 414, 420 and 379 of the IPC. Surendra is third year student of Sagar Institute of Research and Technology.