The Soro police arrested an inter-State bike lifter and seized nine stolen motorbikes from his possession hereon Sunday.The accused, Susanta Nayak (35) of village Mulisigpatna of Soro block, was working as a technician in a steel company at Duburi in Jajpur.
He fell into police net during police checking of vehicles on the highway on Friday evening as he couldn’t give a satisfactory reply to the police for non-availability of documents. Suspecting his versions, the police began further investigation and seized four bikes from his house in addition to other five seized earlier.
The police said the accused used to dispose of the bikes at a price ranging between Rs 5,000 and Rs 10,000 in with plain paper revenue stamp assuring the buyer to give the original documents within a month. Meanwhile, the Khantapara police also recovered 10 stolen bicycles and arrested two persons.