Ashoka Garden police nabbed a vehicle-lifter and three other accomplices involved in disposing of the stolen vehicles and recovered 20 motorbikes worth Rs 12 lakh from their possession, said SP Bhopal (South) Sidhharatha Bahuguna while speaking with the media persons on Friday.
According to the police acting on a tip off a youth was nabbed during vehicle checking on Thursday and when he was asked regarding the vehicle he failed to provide the details of the vehicle and confessed that the vehicle was a stolen one.
The nabbed accused was identified as Pappu Pal (45) of Vidisha. He confessed selling of motorbikes to Tulsiram Kevat (35), Munnalal Pal (50) of Vidisha and Kamlesh Pal (26) of Raisen.During the further investigation the three were nabbed and twenty motorbikes were recovered from their possession.
Police said that Pappu used to sell the stolen vehicles to his relatives and acquaintances at low price and would assure that the documents would be provided later. The details of the vehicles recovered have been searched and the number of vehicles stolen from city would be revealed later in the investigation. More vehicles would be recovered on further investigation as the other members who were involved in the network of stealing and disposing vehicles would be searched and nabbed.
The vehicles were stolen from different parts of the city and nearby areas and were sold in different areas. The crime record of the four would be searched in the further investigation.