Hanumanganj police have nabbed two miscreants and recovered 10 stolen vehicles worth Rs 5 lakh from their possession, said SP (North) Bhopal Arvind Saxena while speaking to media persons on Friday.
Saxena said that acting on a tip-off regarding two men on a scooter roaming suspiciously were detained and when they were asked regarding the documents of the scooter they failed to provide documents and later confessed that the vehicle was a stolen one and they had stolen another dozen vehicles. The two were identified as Shahrukh alias Munna(19) and Sahil Ali (19) of Congress Nagar
The two accused that they have stolen vehicles along with third accused Arbaz who is serving jail in an attempt to murder case.
During the investigation police found that one of their accomplices is serving jail for attempt to murder. The three have stolen 12 two wheelers and police were successfully recovered 10 motorbikes and claimed that the remaining two motorbikes would be recovered soon and other details of theft and selling of stolen vehicles would be searched in the further investigation.
Police said that it would be investigated that miscreants have been active in stealing and the number of disposed vehicles after stealing the vehicle.
The three have stolen vehicles from bus stand area, Dawa Bazaar, Bhopal plaza, Chetanya Market and other places. Among the two wheelers the accused have stolen Honda Activa scooter, Jupiter scooter and Hero Honda motorbikes have been recovered from their possession. The police have registered a case under section 379 of the IPC and have started searching for crime record of the accused.