Dehradun police have arrested an alleged member of an inter-state gang involved in vehicle theft in Haridwar and Dehradun districts from Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday.
The accused has been identified as Vikram Malik, native of Shamli, Uttar Pradesh, police said, adding that he was currently living in Haryana. Police recovered a car from him.
He is believed to have admitted during questioning that he had stolen a vehicle in Rishikesh on February 15.
Several cases related to vehicle thefts were reported in various police stations of Haryana in the past, said Rishikesh police station in-charge Praveen Koshyari.
He further said that four vehicles, one each in Rishikesh, Sahaspur and two in Haridwar were stolen by the gang in Dehradun and Haridwar in the last one month.