The Piplani police has nabbed a 23-year-old vehicle lifter from bypass toll plaza, Misrod and recovered stolen tractor which was kept at Jhagaria village on Saturday.
Acting on a tip-off regarding a person trying to sell a tractor at low price was nabbed by police team and in the initial investigation, he failed to provide details of the tractor and confessed that he, along with his aide, stole tractor on January 29. The nabbed was identified as Rohit Lohwanshi of Raisen while the other accused was identified as Ritesh who is absconding.
Interestingly, Rohit formed a WhatsApp group with ten members and offered to sell the stolen tractor over the social media group and when police got information regarding the group activities and selling of tractor in the group, police nabbed the accused.
Rohit revealed that the tractor was kept in Jhagaria village and was hidden under bushes which was recovered in the investigation. The tractor, bearing registration number MP04AJ0680, had blade-fitted for making the coarse soil even.
During the investigation, the accused confessed that they are active in stealing vehicles for long and Ritesh was arrested for vehicle lifting in Bihar in the past.
After the accused was nabbed, police would investigate the crimes committed by the two and using the medium of social media how many vehicles have been disposed by the accused till date.