The Khajuri police have nabbed two vehicle lifters and have recovered 14 motorbikes worth `4 lakh from their possession on Thursday.
According to the police during the vehicle checking at Tumda Jod under Khajuri police station area two persons tried to evade the vehicle checking but the police chase them and nabbed them.
When the miscreants were not able to produce the valid documents of the motorbike the details were searched on vahan.nic.in and the motorbike turned out to be of Bairgarh area which was stolen on May 11.
During the investigation the two were identified as Jitendra alias Mukesh Chandra (23) and Tillu alias Devraj Maratha (28).
Tillu is a resident of Mandideep and a watch list criminal of Mandideep area. He was booked for vehicle lifting , thefts, burglary, robbery and extortion.
Jeetendra is a resident of Raisen and was involved in the motorbike thefts along with Tillu.
The accused used to target the victims parking their vehicle in the busy market places and when the victim would park the vehicle they would unlock the vehicle with master key and steal the vehicle.
The police have recovered 14 motorbikes and have confirmed that more motorbikes would be recovered during the investigation.
The investigating officer told that the accused have not confirmed any details of sold motorbike and are maintaining that they would sell the motorbikes but were nabbed by the police. The motorbikes were recovered from their house.
The motorbikes were stolen from MP Nagar, Aishbagh, Misrod, Bajaria and Ashoka Garden police station areas of Bhopal and Mandideep area of Raisen district.