Kotwali police nabbed a 25-year-old vehicle lifter and recovered five vehicles from his possession from Old Catergorised market area late in the nigh on Sunday. According to the police, acting on a tip off regarding a youth with a stolen vehicle was searched and nabbed and when he was quizzed regarding the motorbike he was not able to provide the details and document of the motorbike. The nabbed accused confessed that the motorbike was stolen from Kotwali area and in the further investigation the accused confessed that he had stolen four more motorbikes. The nabbed miscreant was identified as Bablu Kuswaha of Vidisha.
The miscreant used to live in a rented room in Ashoka Garden area and would work as labour to evade suspicion. Police said that the miscreant was nabbed around 2 in the night by the patrolling. In the initial investigation the miscreant told the police that he used to steal from different parts of the city and would park those vehicles in parking spaces and would search for customers for disposal of those vehicles and after getting the deal done the customers would be provided with the vehicles. The police have registered a case under section 379 of the IPC and started further investigation. The five vehicles were stolen from TT Nagar, Kotwali, Nishatpura, Talaiya and Hanumanganj areas. During the investigation details of the disposal of the stolen vehicles would be searched and the number of vehicles stolen by the miscreant in different parts of the city and nearby areas would be investigated.