Dehradun police arrested three vehicle thieves and recovered six stolen bikes from their possession on Thursday. The accused have been identified as Aftab, native of Bijnor (Uttar Pradesh) and Dehradun residents Deepak Sharma and Suraj Singh Negi, said SP City Navneet Singh Bhullar while interacting with media persons.
He said that Police received a tip off about three vehicle thieves roaming around Parade Ground area with the intent to steal some vehicles. A team headed by Karanpur police post in charge sub-inspector Baldev Singh began searching for the suspects.
The team saw three persons on bike number UK08l-4970 suspiciously roaming around Parade Ground area. When they were asked to show the
documents for their motorcycle they failed to do so.
All the three accused were brought to Dalanwala police station and during interrogation, they admitted to having stolen two-wheelers. Based on information provided by the trio, the police recovered six stolen bikes. During interrogation it was revealed that earlier, Haridwar police had recovered one car and eight bikes from the possession of Deepak Sharma and Aftab. These accused were sent to jail and released on bail after eight months after which they resumed stealing vehicles from various parts of Haridwar and Dehradun. Previously, several cases under section 379/411 of IPC were already registered in various police stations of Haridwar and Dehradun against them, he added.