Bhopal

Two vehicle-lifters nabbed from Ayodhya Nagar

Staff Reporter

The Ayodhya Nagar police has nabbed two vehicle-lifters from Ayodhya Nagar and recovered 15 two-wheelers from their possession on Saturday.

According to the police, acting on a tip-off, the two youths were detained and when they were quizzed, they confessed that two bikes were stolen and were parked at Minal Residency area.

Based on the information provided by the accused, the bikes were recovered from Peoples Mall. The nabbed accused were identified as Arvind Thakur of Awadhpuri and Suresh alias Sitaram Silawat of Ayodhya Nagar.

Later, police recovered 13 two-wheelers from their possession when they were quizzed. The vehicles were stolen from different parts of the State Capital and were parked at different parking spaces of the State Capital which used to have good number of vehicles.

In the initial investigation, police tracked the two after their details matched with the miscreants who stole bikes from different parts of the State Capital and were captured in the CCTV installed in the area. 

The accused used the vehicles by changing the registration number of the vehicles.

During the investigation, police have not found any criminal record of the miscreant. Police said that the four vehicles were parked at District court premises in MP Nagar, another four in BMHRC. Bikes were also parked at Minal residency and Peoples Mall.

Arvind used to change the registration number plates while Suresh used to take petrol from the vehicles and park them.