The Koh-e-Fiza police nabbed three miscreants on the charge of stealing vehicles and four others on the charge of buying and disposing off stolen vehicles. The police have recovered 28 two-wheelers worth Rs 16 lakh from their possession.
SP Bhopal (North) Anshuman Singh while speaking with the media persons on Tuesday said that acting on a tip-off, a youth was nabbed from Ashoka Garden and when he was quizzed by the police he confessed stealing of vehicles from different parts of the city and nearby areas. The accused was identified as Manav alias Manoj Singh Rajput (28) who hails from Vidisha and was booked for vehicle lifting by Nateran police in Vidhisha.
During initial investigation when Manoj was quizzed he confessed stealing of two wheeler vehicles from Ashoka Garden, Govindpura, Ayodhya Nagar and Gang Basoda with the help of his accomplices Anshu alias Vijay Gaur(22) , Golu alias Amit Sharma, Deepak Sharma alias Deepak Agrawal(32) he had stolen around 28 two wheelers.
Manoj provided details of three persons involved in buying and disposing of vehicles stolen by the four vehicle lifters.
The three were identified as Arvind Yadav (35), Shankar lodhi (23) and Ramkrishna Kushwaha (23) of Vidisha.
Providing the modus operandi Singh told that they would target busy crowded places and after stealing the two wheeler vehicles they would park the stolen vehicles at parking spaces and later they would sell the vehicles in rural areas.
Interestingly one of the accused Deepak Sharma used to introduce himself as employee of Ram Finance Company and the vehicles sold are vehicles confiscated from the defaulters.